The Last Campaign

Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

The Last Campaign
H W Brands
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Hardback
h235 x 156mm - 416pg
1 Nov 2022 US
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9780385547284
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Bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands follows the lives of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Apache war leader Geronimo to tell the story of the Indian Wars and the final fight for control of the American continent. William Tecumseh Sherman and Geronimo were keen strategists and bold soldiers, ruthless with their enemies. Over the course of the 1870s and 1880s these two war chiefs would confront each other in the final battle for what the American West would be- a sparsely settled, wild home where Indian tribes could thrive, or a more densely populated extension of the America to the east of the Mississippi. Sherman was a well-connected son of Ohio who attended West Point and rose to prominence through his scorched-earth campaigns in the Civil War. Geronimo grew up among the Apache people, hunting wild game for sustenance and roaming freely on the land. After the brutal killing of his wife, children and mother by Mexican soldiers, he became a relentless avenger, raiding Mexican settlements across the American border. When Sherman rose to commanding general of the Army, he was tasked with bringing Geronimo and his followers onto a reservation where they would live as farmers and ranchers and roam no more. But Geronimo preferred to fight. The Last Campaign is a powerful retelling of a turning point in the making of our nation and a searing elegy for a way of life that is gone.
"Brands is an American treasure: a professional, discerning historian who can write with forceful elegance . . . His remarkable decision to discuss Indian relations and conflicts via these dual, and dueling, biographies of Sherman and Geronimo yields unexpected inf lections and surprising insights. As narrative history it is pure Brands, and he is a master. " -James L. Haley, author of Apaches: A History and Culture Portrait One was a leader of his people, who fought to preserve their place in the western United States. The other fought in the Civil War and forced the destruction of the South and eventual victory for the North. Leading historian H. W. Brands of the University of Texas brings new life to Geronimo and adds new insight into William T. Sherman' s last years. Brands writes a book that no one can set aside if the reader wants to understand two of the leading figures in American history. " -John F. Marszalek, author of Sherman: A Soldier' s Passion for Order "Sweeping. . . An excellent, well-written study-like most of the author' s books, a welcome addition to the literature of westward expansion. " -Kirkus Reviews *Starred Review* "Well written and often engrossing" -Publisher' s Weekly
H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written more than a dozen biographies and histories, including The General vs. the President, a New York Times bestseller, and Our First Civil War, his most recent book. Two of his biographies, The First American and Traitor to His Class, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780385547284
Published: 1 Nov 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Doubleday & Co Inc
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 416

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