Gernoimo: His Own Story

Gernonimo &l Barrett, S. M.

ISBN 10: 0452011558 / ISBN 13: 9780452011557

Editore: Penguin Books, U S. A., 1996

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190pp including bibliography Photographs Map The autobiography of a greeat patriot warrior Previous owner's name near top edge inside front cover and has bled a bit on front facing page, otherwise book is fine.

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• Titolo: Gernoimo: His Own Story
• Editore: Penguin Books, U S. A.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0452011558
• ISBN 13: 9780452011557
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: Very Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Biography
  • History
  • Western Americana

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“I am thankful that the President of the United States has given me permission to tell my story. I hope that he and those in authority under him will read my story and judge whether my people have been rightly treated.”—Geronimo
 
This book contains one of the most extraordinary and invaluable documents in the annals of Native American history—the authentic testament of a remarkable “war shaman” who for several years held off both Mexico and the United States in fierce defense of Apache lands.

During 1905 and 1906, Geronimo, the legendary Apache warrior and honorary war chief, dictated his story through a native interpreter to S.M. Barrett, then superintendent of schools in Lawton, Oklahoma. As Geronimo was by then a prisoner of war, Barrett had made appeals all the way up the chain of command to President Teddy Roosevelt for permission to record the words of the “Indian outlaw.” Geronimo came to each interview knowing exactly what he wanted to cover, beginning with his telling of the Apache creation story. When, at the end of the first session, Barrett posed a question, the only answer he received was a pronouncement—“Write what I have spoken.”

Now Geronimo’s narrative, with S.M. Barrett’s original commentary, has been set in historical perspective by Frederick Turner’s new introduction on the latest scholarship about the period. These elements combine in Geronimo: His Own Story to provide unique insights into the beliefs, customs, and way of life of a remarkable man and his people.

Informazioni sull?autore

Geronimo was a Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people's defense of their homeland against the United States. He dictated his autobiography through an interpreter to S.M. Barrett, then superintendent of schools in Lawton, Oklahoma. 

Frederick W. Turner is an American historian and writer. He annotated the revised edition of Geronimo's 1906 autobiography.