Chief Loco Apache Peacemaker - Bud Shapard - Paperback - en Book

Winner Of The 2011 New Mexico Book Award In The Multi-cultural Catagoryjlin-tay-i-tith, Better Known As Loco, Was The Only Apache Leader To Make A Lasting Peace With Both Americans And Mexicans. Yet Most Historians Have Ignored His Efforts, And Some Chiricahua Descendants Have Branded Him As Fainthearted Despite His Well-known Valor In Combat. In This Engaging Biography, Bud Shapard Tells The Story Of This Important But Overlooked Chief Against The Backdrop Of The Harrowing Apache Wars And Eventual Removal Of The Tribe From Its Homeland To Prison Camps In Florida, Alabama, And Oklahoma.tracing The Events Of Loco's Long Tenure As A Leader Of The Warm Springs Chiricahua Band, Shapard Tells How Loco Steered His Followers Along A Treacherous Path Of Unforeseeable Circumstances And Tragic Developments In The Mid-to-late 1800s.