Story of Geronimo

About this film

LibriVox recording of Story of Geronimo by Jim Kjelgaard. Read in English by Jeremy Christopher Wadkins; Jules Hawryluk; Matt Parker; sritchie1952 Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a battle with Mexican soldiers. After an attack by a company of Mexican soldiers killed his mother, wife and three children in 1858, Geronimo joined revenge attacks on the Mexicans. During his career as a war chief, he was notorious for consistently urging raids upon Mexican Provinces and their towns, and later against American locations across Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. (Summary by Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (96MB)

Directors & creators

Jim Kjelgaard

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;american indian; apache; Arizona; geronimo; indian chief

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