Geronimo's bones : a novel

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Label

Geronimo's bones : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

by Darrell Bryant

Creator

• Bryant, Darrell

Author

• Bryant, Darrell

Subject

• Historical fiction
• Apache Indians -- Fiction
• Geronimo, 1829-1909 -- Family -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Historical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

On February 17, 1909, in the dark heart of winter, the great Apache leader, Geronimo, dies of pneumonia after 23 years as a prisoner of war of the United States. Days later, a young, highly decorated Marine Corporal named Frank Kidd learns about Geronimo's death. Kidd's real name is Chaco, and he believes he is Geronimo's nephew. Orphaned at birth, Chaco was toughened by the cruelties of the white man's Indian school, battle-hardened by guerrilla warfare, and severely wounded in the 1906 Cuban Pacification Campaign. Chaco returns to Fort Sill's Apache POW camp, where his adoptive mother is dying, and his sister is trapped in a brothel. Long-held secrets are soon revealed: Chaco is the old warrior's last son, and his father's final wish was to be buried "in the country that knows my name." To honor that request, Chaco must rescue his sister and liberate Geronimo's bones from the Apache Cemetery

Cataloging source

UUC

Dewey number

813.6

Index

no index present

Literary form

novels