A Clash Of Cultures. Fort Bowie And The Chiricahua Apaches

ROBERT M. UTLEY

Publication: National Park Service, 1977, Washington

First edition. Stiff Pictorial Wrappers. 88pp. Illustrated from old photographs throughout. An excellent account of the many years of conflict between the Apache Indians and the settlers and/or the U.S. Army. The book emphasizes misunderstandings and fundamentally different worldviews between the Apache and Euro-American settlers/soldiers; it details campaigns involving Apache leaders like Cochise and Geronimo, showing how they resisted U.S. control; it describes daily life at Fort Bowie, highlighting isolation, hardship, and the challenges soldiers faced; and finally, the narrative illustrates how U.S. westward expansion disrupted and ultimately displaced Apache communities. Fine copy.