Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard

By Jack D. Forbes

Book Overview

Based on extensive research in Spain, Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, and California, Apache, Navaho, and Spaniard tells of the Spanish advance in the seventeenth century into northern Mexico and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806104732
• ISBN13: 9780806104737
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd)
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must read

This book is one of the best I have ever read about the history of the Southwest and Northern Mexico. Forbes challenges many of the stereotypes about the Apaches and Navajos using archival documents from the colonial period. For example, he shows that the idea that the Apaches were inherently warlike and "savage" is untrue and misleading. In fact, it was the colonial policy of Spain that drove the Apaches into a raiding lifestyle. This is a great book for anyone interested in the history of the Latin American froniter, the American West or just of history in general. I recommend this book over all others about the Apaches.