About this title: The cousin and lifelong associate of Geronimo, Jason Betzinez relives his years on the warpath with the Apache chief. He participates in Geronimo's eventual surrender to the U.S. Army, goes to Florida as a prisoner of war, attends the Carlisle Indian school in Pennsylvania, and in 1900 joins his people at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where they had been moved by the government six years earlier. Trained as a blacksmith, he describes daily life on the reservation until the resettlement of many Apaches in Arizona. For Betzinez, there was a happy ending. When this memoir was first published in 1959, he ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole, Harrisburg
Date Published: (1959)
Description: Very Good dust jacket. Memoir of the Apache wars by a participant, who was a cousin of Geronimo. Upper edges of covers darkened, but still very good in a spine-faded, edgeworn dust jacket. Accounts of that period from the Indian perspective are quite uncommon. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole
Date Published: 1959
Description: Near Fine/Very Good. An extraordinary copy! A true history and narrative about the life and times of the Apache. Lightly soiled top edge. Slight lean. Jacket has one small tear on back top edge. read more
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Stackpole Co, Harrisburg, PA
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Clean beige illustrated cover (illustration of Geronimo on horseback) with brown lettering on spine. No edge or corner wear. Binding is tight & square, pages are clean. Clean maps on endpapers. No previous owner names or bookplates. SIGNED BY AUTHOR Jason Betzinez on half-title page. 214 pgs. with index. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny corner chips and very slight edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Native American. read more
Description: 1960, 1st edition, 2nd printing, near fine condition, pictorial cloth binding, with near fine dust jacket, minor chip and wear to dust jacket extremities, published by The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, 214 pages. A well written account of the Apache Indian Wars written by a full blooded Apache, Jason Betzinez, a blood relative of Geronimo, who rode with Geronimo during the Indian wars. A fascinating look at how the Apache lived, hunted, planned and fought his battles, profusely illustrated ... read more
Edition: First Edition, 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole, Harrisburg
Date Published: 1959
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Top and bottom edges of spine frayed. Interior is unmarked and clean. A serviceable copy of a scarce first edition lacking a dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. Very Good in like printed boards. No dustwrapper present. Only a number written on book spine. SIgned by author on half title page.; Ex-Library; 8vo 8"-9" tall; Carefully packaged and mailed to be the best arrival condition. Thank you for shopping with us.; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Stackpole
Date Published: 1959
Description: VG in G+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 214 pp, hardbound, 1st so stated, dj chipping w/faded spine (titling legible), light board soiling, otherwise very clean and binding tight, NOT EXLIB, NOT PC, mylar protected. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1960
Description: VG. Second Printing. 214 pages, 9" x 5 3/4", tan pictorial boards. This is a clean, nice copy. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. read more
Edition: 2nd
Binding: Hard
Publisher: Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Co, 1960, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fine in Nf jacket. 8 Vo. Signed. By Author Near Fine/Near Fine. 2nd Ptg. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 214pp incl index, many b/w photos, maps, drawings; HB, pictorial salmon leatherette with brown on spine; pictorial orange DJ with white on spine and face; sl cocked, lt spots on top; corners and spine ends rubbed and wrinkled, several sm closed tears; clean, tight and bright; the Indian version of the frontier campaigns written by a full-blooded Apache. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bonanza books
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. Auto upgrade to priority. 1964, Hardcover with DJ. DJ has edge wear with chips and tears. Text is clean, book is sound. L 26. read more
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