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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN num: 9780806139784
ISBN number: 0806139781
Label: University of Oklahoma Press
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 179
Printing Date: July 31, 2008
Publishing house: University of Oklahoma Press
Sale Popularity Level: 683915
Studio: University of Oklahoma Press
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Over a decade of bloody war makes trust difficult. "Making Peace with Conchise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen" is a transcript of the Captain's journal of their efforts to make peace with the chief of the Chiricahua Apache chief known as Conchise. A very first person source of the white man's dealing with the blue man, "Making Peace with Conchise" is a riveting and enlightening piece of history, enthusiastically recommended.
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Another book on my shelf from U. of Oklahoma that gets better with rereading.
Though this one was released more than 5 years ago, it reads as though written yesterday. And that is something, since the diary that underpins it was written in 1872.
This is must reading for anyone enjoying information of the period of the Apache wars in Arizona/New Mexico area. Other than the author's previous biography on Cochise, nothing is available giving personal views of Cochise and his people. And Cochise's statement that no whiteman would look upon his face was well kept. These two military men, and Tom Jeffords were among the few that ever did.
Enough good words cannot be said about this one.
Semper Fi.
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Cochise is an elusive character. There are no photographs of him, and only one eloquent speech, which was recorded by an Army interpreter. Otherwise, we are left with vague secondhand accounts that often make him a two-dimensional cardboard cutout. Sladen's journal breathes life into this dynamic individual. It is fascinating reading, and, as Sweeney the editor points out, Sladen is not judgmental. He simply describes life in the Apache camp. A wonderful book.
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I read this book in one setting. What a fascinating journey Sladen takes you on in this very first hand account of a significant moment in history. I've been reading books on the west my entire life and I have to say this is the best single book one could read on the American Southwest. It chronicles the remarkable meeting between General O.O. Howard and the Great Apache leader Cochise. Sladen records Cochise's personality and style in great detail. He gives a vivid portrait of life in an Apache village. He presents Tom Jeffords and Howard as they really were. He describes the incredible county this drama played out in with the sensibility of a true lover of beauty and nature. Sladen's become one of my heros along with Cochise and Edward R. Sweeney who edited this book and wrote a brilliant biography of Cochise.
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