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2016.
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English
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"In this sprawling, monumental work, Paul Hutton unfolds over two decades of the last war for the West through the eyes of the men and women who lived it. This is Mickey Free's story, but also the story of his contemporaries: the great Apache leaders Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, and Victorio; the soldiers Kit Carson, O. O. Howard, George Crook, and Nelson Miles; the scouts and frontiersmen Al Sieber, Tom Horn, Tom Jeffords, and Texas John Slaughter;...
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In “McQueen of the Tumbling K,” Ward McQueen, foreman for the Tumbling K Ranch, rides into town and is shot down by gunmen and left for dead. But they made a critical mistake because McQueen is not dead—and he's looking to get even. In “Big Medicine,” Old Billy Dunbar has discovered the best gold-bearing gravel he had found in a year, but now he is lying face down in a ravine, hiding from Apaches. He's going to need a good strategy to get...
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Warrior Woman is the story of Lozen, sister of the famous Apache warrior Victorio, and warrior in her own right. Hers is a story little discussed in Native American history books. Instead, much of what is known of her has been passed down through generations via stories and legends.
For example, it is said that she was embued with supernatural powers, given to her by the gods. She would lift her arms to the sky and place her palms against the wind,...
5) Hombre
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A white man raised as an Apache faces confrontation with society.
7) Rio Grande
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are embroiled in an epic battle with the Apaches and each other. Wayne leads his Calvary troops to the Rio Grande to fight a warring tribe. His toughest battle lies ahead when his unorthodox plan to outwit the elusive Apaches leads to a possible court-martial. Locked in a bloody war, he must fight not only to save his family, but also to redeem his honor.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (73 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The survivors of an Army patrol ambushed by Indians hook up with a group of cowboys who have also been attacked, and together they try to get to safety at the fort. Unfortunately for them, they're carrying a shipment of several dozen rifles that the Indians want, and are determined to get.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Betrayed by the Army's legendary "Indian fighter" General George Crook, Geronimo leads a small band of warriors in escape, but is pursued by a principled officer, a grizzled army scout, and a gung-ho West Point graduate.
14) Lawless
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Half-Apache Jake Redman was more than a match for the wild Arizona Territory. Sarah Conway was an Eastern lady who belonged anywhere else but on the rugged land Jake loved. Annoyed to find himself playing guardian angel to an innocent, Jake was even more disgusted to find that he liked it.
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English
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"During 1905 and 1906, Geronimo, the Apache warrior and honorary war chief, dictated his story through a native interpreter to S.M. Barrett, then superintendent of schools in Lawton, Oklahoma. As Geronimo was by then a prisoner of war, Barrett had made appeals all the way up the chain of command to President Teddy Roosevelt for persmission to record the words of the "Indian outlaw." Geronimo came to each interview knowing exactly what he wanted to...
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Series
Civilization of the American Indian volume 204
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
c1991
Physical Desc
xciii, 501 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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