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21) Ghost warrior
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[2002]
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Lozen, a beautiful and revered Apache warrior and shaman, fights bravely for the freedom of her people, but when Rafe Collins, an adventurer and war veteran, forms an unlikely bond with the Apaches, Lozen's life is changed forever.
22) Hombre
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John Russell, a young man nicknamed Hombre by the Apaches who raised him, has a deadly confrontation with a determined gang of stagecoach robbers.
23) I, Tom Horn
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A fictionalized first-person narrative of the life and times of the famed and notorious nineteenth-century cavalry scout, interpreter, Indian fighter, rodeo star, detective, and feared manhunter,who met his end in a controversial travesty of a murder trial.
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An account of the last years of the free Apaches. Provides a description of the reservations, where the Apaches were deceived and abused by the United States government and its agents, while at the same time acknowledging reliable contemporary sources that reported on the Apaches' cruelty.
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"In The Geronimo Campaign, Odie B. Faulk offers a lively and often chilling account of the war that raged between Apaches and U.S. soldiers over the deserts and mountains of Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico in the mid 1880s, and traces its legacy well past Geronimo's ultimate surrender. He is especially concerned with the campaign's wider historical setting and significance, and with the sad record of betrayal of Native Americans by the U.S....
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"There are some things in this world that can't be stopped. Like progress, a moving train, and the American Dream. When the bigwigs in Washington decide to build a transcontinental railroad to the West Coast, they need a man who's just as unstoppable to clear a path through Mexican territory. That man is Jamie MacCallister. Jamie knows it's a tough job. The territory is overrun with Apaches. The Apaches are gunning for a fight. And the first patrol...
27) Elatsoe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and...
28) Flintlock
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"Busted out of prison by an outlaw friend, Flintlock joins a hunt for a fortune - a golden bell hanging in a remote monastery. But between the smouldering ruin of his former jail cell and a treasure in the Arizona mountains there will be blood at a U.S. Army fort, a horrifying brush with Apache warriors, and a dozen bloody showdowns with the schemers, shootists, madmen, and lost women who find their way to Flintlock's side. From a vicious, superstitious...
30) Riding shotgun
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2019.
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"If anyone knows the road to purgatory, it's Red Ryan. As a stagecoach guard, he's faced holdups, ambushes, and all-out attacks from every kill-crazy outlaw, Indian, and prairie rat. But even he's a bit reluctant to take on his next job: riding shotgun with his driver Buttons Muldoon on a stage bound from Fort Concho, Texas, to Fort Bliss. Word has it, the Apaches are on the warpath. They're being led by the vicious war chief Ilesh, which means "Lord...
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[2009]
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In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter.
In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush.
In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...
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The old Apache renegade Soldado Viejo is hiding out in Mexico, and the Arizona Department Adjutant has selected two men to hunt him down. One -- Dave Flynn -- knows war, the land, and the nature of his prey. The other is a kid lieutenant named Bowers. But there's a different kind of war happening in Soyopa. And if Flynn and his young associate choose the wrong allies -- and the wrong enemy -- they won't be getting out alive.
34) Savage territory
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2009
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Matt Jensen had promised his friend, slain by an outlaw named Pogue Willis, that he would deliver money to his brother in St. Louis. Matt's search leads him from St. Louis to Arizona Territory, and into the company of a rich Easterner and his beautiful young wife. The young woman is seized by renegade Apaches and it's up to Matt to save her. Soon, Matt is learning a lesson in courage, betrayal and fate (that brought this woman to his side) and is...
35) The Apache
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Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 4
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Discusses the origins, way of life, spirituality, and social organization of the Apache nations, as well as their relationships with the European settlers.
36) Dead river
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Jackals volume 4
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2022.
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"On the wild western frontier, the three men known as the Jackals stand between the law and the lawless-delivering their own brand of justice with a fast draw, dead aim, and enough bullets to populate Boot Hill. Johnstone Territory. Where Death Rides Hard. Apache renegade Bloody Hand plays a role in each of the Jackals' lives. To bounty hunter Jed Breen, he is man with a price on his head. To retired cavalry segeant Sean Keegan, he is a cellmate after...
37) The Apaches
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Apache Indians.
38) Geronimo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the life of the Apache chief Geronimo, who led one of the last Indian uprisings.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 24
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Reminiscent of another debut Ken Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest this powerful first novel by short story writer Udall (Letting Loose the Hounds) is constructed around grotesque set pieces; black humor drives the plot. Set in the late '60s, Udall's story begins when seven-year-old Edgar Mint, the half-Apache, half-white narrator, is run over by the mailman's car, his head crushed. Abandoned by his grandmother and alcoholic mother after his...