Desert Hawk Books

 

 

502  pages
Illustrations & Maps
6" x 9"
Paperback

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Cochise, a Chiricahua, was said to be the most resourceful, most brutal, and most feared Apache. He and his warriors raided in both Mexico and the United States and, when his brother was executed by Americans in 1861, Cochise declared war and fought relentlessly for a decade against the United States, submitting ultimately to the reservation only in the face of overwhelming military superiority.

"This book is the definitive life story of history's most important Apache chief and restores him to his proper preeminent role in the region's history." - Choice

"Trailing Cochise through nearly every skirmish and battle of his career, the narrative is a veritable catalogue of persecution, treachery and cruelty on both sides." - Publishers Weekly

"It is difficult to imagine sources Sweeney has not tapped. What there is to know about Cochise is almost certainly here . . .. Sweeney gives us what is undoubtedly the riches, most detailed portrait of Cochise, the man and even more his times." - Journal of Arizona History

"Edwin R. Sweeney has written a magnificent work of historical biography . . .. Sweeney's writing is precise, meticulous, and makes excellent use of a wide variety of documentary resources." - American Historical Review

"This is an excellent study of the southwestern Indian wars, researched and written in the best tradition of the premier Apache scholar, Dan L. Thrapp. This work exceeds Thrapp's in its treatment of the Indian raids south of the international border and in its use of Mexican sources, which is its strongest contribution." - Journal of American History

"Sweeney is far too good a writer to create stick figures. Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief has the flame of reality, a searing, searching look into the mind and heart of a true lion of a man. Outstanding." - Coast Book review Service

Edwin R. Sweeney began research on the Apaches in 1975. He is the editor of Making Peace with Cochise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen and author of Mangas Coloradas