ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, write by David Roberts. This book was released on 2011-01-11. ONCE THEY MOVED LIKE THE WIND: COCHISE, GERONIMO, available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the westward settlement, for more than twenty years Apache tribes eluded both US and Mexican armies, and by 1886 an estimated 9,000 armed men were in pursuit. Roberts (Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative) presents a moving account of the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. He portrays the great Apache leaders—Cochise, Nana, Juh, Geronimo, the woman warrior Lozen—and U.S. generals George Crock and Nelson Miles. Drawing on contemporary American and Mexican sources, he weaves a somber story of treachery and misunderstanding. After Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the Apaches were sent to Florida, then to Alabama where many succumbed to malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition and finally in 1894 to Oklahoma, remaining prisoners of war until 1913. The book is history at its most engrossing. —Publishers Weekly
Once They Moved Like The Wind
Once They Moved Like The Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once They Moved Like The Wind write by David Roberts. This book was released on 1994-07-19. Once They Moved Like The Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recounts the days of the Indian wars when the U.S. Cavalry repeatedly tried to subdue the great warriors led by Cochise and, later, Geronimo.
Once They Moved Like the Wind
Once They Moved Like the Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once They Moved Like the Wind write by David Roberts. This book was released on 1998. Once They Moved Like the Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Of the many tales of conflict and warfare between the UK Government and the Indian tribes, perhaps none is more dramatic or revealing than the story of the Apache wars. Those wars were the final episode in the US government's subjugation of the indigenous peoples; the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 effectively ended the Indian wars. Once They Moved Liked the Wind is the epic story of the battles between the Apaches and the US Army for land and freedom. The larger-than-life characters of Cochise, Geronimo and General Cook move dramatically through these pages, illuminating the history behind the Apache wars.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind write by William Kamkwamba. This book was released on 2012-01-19. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.
Cochise
Cochise - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cochise write by Edwin R. Sweeney. This book was released on 2012-11-21. Cochise available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When it acquired New Mexico and Arizona, the United States inherited the territory of a people who had been a thorn in side of Mexico since 1821 and Spain before that. Known collectively as Apaches, these Indians lived in diverse, widely scattered groups with many names—Mescaleros, Chiricahuas, and Jicarillas, to name but three. Much has been written about them and their leaders, such as Geronimo, Juh, Nana, Victorio, and Mangas Coloradas, but no one wrote extensively about the greatest leader of them all: Cochise. Now, however, Edwin R. Sweeney has remedied this deficiency with his definitive biography. Cochise, a Chiricahua, was said to be the most resourceful, most brutal, most feared Apache. He and his warriors raided in both Mexico and the United States, crossing the border both ways to obtain sanctuary after raids for cattle, horses, and other livestock. Once only he was captured and imprisoned; on the day he was freed he vowed never to be taken again. From that day he gave no quarter and asked none. Always at the head of his warriors in battle, he led a charmed life, being wounded several times but always surviving. In 1861, when his brother was executed by Americans at Apache Pass, Cochise declared war. He fought relentlessly for a decade, and then only in the face of overwhelming military superiority did he agree to a peace and accept the reservation. Nevertheless, even though he was blamed for virtually every subsequent Apache depredation in Arizona and New Mexico, he faithfully kept that peace until his death in 1874. Sweeney has traced Cochise’s activities in exhaustive detail in both United States and Mexican Archives. We are not likely to learn more about Cochise than he has given us. His biography will stand as the major source for all that is yet to be written on Cochise.
