Readnara
Geronimo's Story of His Life — Geronimo

Geronimo's Story of His Life

Geronimo

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 112 pages

Geronimo's Story of His Life is an as-told autobiography of the Apache leader Geronimo, edited by S. M. Barrett and published in 1906. It presents his life and the Apache people's conflicts with U.S. and Mexican authorities from his own perspective. It is worth listening to as a firsthand account of Native American history and the American West.

Listen to the opening

Listen to the first 5 pages without signing up Listen to the whole book free

Already have an account? Sign in and listen

Free with a free account. The book is read by an AI-generated voice; the text follows along.

Embed on your site

For teachers and schools: paste the code into your site or blog.

Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).

Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Opening of the book

Geronimo's
Story of His Life
Taken Down and Edited by
S. M. BARRETT
Superintendent of Education, Lawton, Oklahoma
NEW YORK
DUFFIELD & COMPANY
1906
Geronimo
Geronimo

Copyright, 1905, by

S. M. Barrett

Copyright, 1906, by

Duffield & Company

Published September, 1906

DEDICATORY

Because he has given me permission to tell my story; because he has read that story and knows I try to speak the truth; because I believe that he is fair-minded and will cause my people to receive justice in the future; and because he is chief of a great people, I dedicate this story of my life to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.

GŧǡLjƿƗƽLj.

PREFACE

The initial idea of the compilation of this work was to give the reading public an authentic record of the private life of the Apache

Indians, and to extend to Geronimo as a prisoner of war the courtesy due any captive, i. e., the right to state the causes which impelled him in his opposition to our civilization and laws.

If the Indians' cause has been properly presented, the captives' defense clearly stated, and the general store of information regarding vanishing types increased, I shall be satisfied.

I desire to acknowledge valuable suggestions from Maj. Charles

Taylor, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Dr. J. M. Greenwood, Kansas City,

Missouri, and President David R. Boyd, of the University of Oklahoma.

I especially desire in this connection to say that without the kindly advice and assistance of President Theodore Roosevelt this book could not have been written.

Respectfully,

S. M. Bĵǡǡŧǵǵ.

Lĵ΅ǵLjƿ, OƫƯĵƒLjƽĵ.

August 14, 1906.

How the Book was Made

How the Book was Made

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

IƿǵǡLjŠǼŕǵLjǡΏ

xi

PART I

The Apaches

Keep listening free

Contents

  1. Geronimo's Story of His Life
  2. GERONIMO

You may also like