"Geronimo was a great leader and a wise man. In this book, readers will uncover his life story-from his struggles with the US government and settlers in Arizona to the eventual surrender that made him a prisoner of war for the rest of his life-and understand his profound effect on the Apache tribe. Though he later became famous and traveled the country, he was never allowed to return to his birthplace. Through easy-to-read text and fascinating pictures,...

"The story of the last ten years of Geronimos wars mirrors the rage, battles, and deception told in Homers Iliad, the story of the ten-year Greek and Trojan War. The Iliad of Geronimo begins in 1877, ten years before Geronimos surrender with him being hauled four hundred miles in chains to the San Carlos Reservation guardhouse, there to await hanging in Tucson. Almost miraculously, Geronimo escaped hanging and lived peacefully for a time on the San...

"Lt. Owen Parnell, U. S. Army -- on Geronimo's trail! The Apaches were being cheated at every turn. Food and supplies promised by treaty were not arriving. Instead, they were being sold for huge profits by a band of scheming traders known as the Tucson Ring. So, the Apaches took to the warpath, and Lt. Parnell was ordered to track down Geronimo. Parnell had spent time with the Apache and had developed a rapport that no one else had with him. For a...