A full biography of Geronimo, a prominent Native American chief of the Apache tribe.
Goyathlay, the Apache guerrilla warrior, called "Geronimo" by the Mexicans, launched a series of bloody raids against white settlers after being forced off his Arizona land.
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The Wild West holds a special place in American history—Western films depict it as a place where the rules didn't apply, and where scores were settled with gun slinging and shootouts. The colorful characters who made up the old West were men, women, cowboys, Indians, sheriffs just plain outlaws. Though we've come to have a more nuanced understanding of the good and the bad of the old West, we can still learn from the stories of the people who made it and who wrote about what it was.
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Browse notable military leaders such as Simon Bolivar, Bob Denard, and Daniel Ortega.
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