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The Last Campaign

Sherman, Geronimo and the War for America

by H. W. Brands
Christopher Grove
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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.
Front-of-jacket photographs: Major General William T. Sherman courtesy of Library of Congress; Geronimo courtesy of Oklahoma Historical Society; texture © detchana wangkheeree/Shutterstock royalty free 1569771634

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    November 1, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9780593628232
      • File size: 451423 KB
      • Duration: 15:40:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The subtitle of this audiobook--"Sherman, Geronimo, and the War for America"--is somewhat misleading. Geronimo appears only in the first few and last few chapters, and Sherman is largely missing for long stretches. But it does take a long view of the conflict between European Americans and Native Americans that ended with the surrender of the Apache leader in 1886. Christopher Grove delivers the text that occasionally descends into anecdotes that prove only mildly relevant and is not helped by his sometimes peculiar, and decidedly distracting, phrasing. This detailed military history begins at the end of the Civil War and tracks America's longest sustained violent conflict over the next three decades. Despite its flaws, it is well worth listening to. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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