Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief
first edition
2007 · Norman
by Chamberlain, Kathleen P.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007 First edition. Foreword by Richard W. Etulain. xvii, 272pp. Numerous photographic portraits. Publisher's cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A thorough portrait of the feared contemporary of Geronimo. The Apache chief Victorio was a steadfast champion of his people. The author expands our understanding of his role in the Apache Wars and also reconstructs Victorio's life beyond the military conflicts, interpreting his character and actions from his childhood, as a warrior chief and as the whites viewed him.. (Inventory #: 7760)