Geronimo (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Goyathlay
- First Published: 1906
- Time of Work: 1829–1906
- Setting: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua
- Principal Characters: Geronimo, John Clum, Naiche, Juh, General George Crook, Lieutenant Charles Gatewood, General Nelson A. Miles
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Nineteenth century, Leadership, Autobiography, Native Americans or American Indians, Mexican Americans, Southwest, Soldiers, Prisoners of war
- Locales: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Chihuahua, Mexico, Sonora, Mexico
Form and Content
Although Geronimo: His Own Story is autobiographical, it has passed through several hands and has been modified so that some of its content is suspect or ambiguous. During 1905 and 1906, Geronimo, then technically still a prisoner of war and living on the Apache reservation at Fort Sill near Lawton, Oklahoma, told the story of his life to Asa Daklugie, the son of Juh, a chief who had rebelled with Geronimo. Daklugie translated Geronimo’s account into English for S. M. Barrett, the superintendent of schools in Lawton, who edited and published it....
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