The last campaign Sherman, Geronimo and the war for America
(2023, original release: 2022)

Nonfiction

Large Type

Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/973.8/BRANDS,H

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Large Type LARGE TYPE/973.8/BRANDS,H Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION

669 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9798885786867, 888578686G :, 9798885786867
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"The text of this Large Print edition is unabridged. Other aspects of the book may vary from the original edition."

Prologue -- The making of the warrior -- The campaign begins -- Adobe walls and lava beds -- Beyond the Greasy Grass -- The trail to Skeleton Canyon -- Old warriors die

"William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo were keen strategists and bold soldiers, ruthless with their enemies. Over the course of the 1870s and 1880s these two war chiefs would confront each other in the final battle for the American West. When Sherman rose to commanding general of the Army, he was tasked with bringing Geronimo and his followers onto a reservation where they would live as farmers and ranchers. But Geronimo preferred to fight. The Last Campaign is a powerful retelling of a turning point in the making of our nation and a searing elegy for a way of life that is gone"--

Additional Titles