Subtitle from p. 1 of cover. 1st Pegasus Books paperback edition printed 2014. In February 1861, the twelve-year-old son of Arizona rancher John Ward was kidnapped by Apaches. Ward followed their ...

"In 1861, war between the United States and the hostile Chiricahua Apaches seemed inevitable. When a young boy was kidnapped from his stepfather's ranch, Lieutenant George Bascom confronted Apache ...

A visit to Fort Bowie National Historic Site in southeastern Arizona requires some effort. It’s a long drive into Cochise County, the last mile on a dirt road, and then that’s followed by a 1.5-mile ...

Some people subscribe to the “great man” theory of history, the belief that a few forceful personalities shape history through their thoughts and actions. Others say the interplay of national, ...

COCHISE STRONGHOLD — Cavalry troops who rode into this place back in the 1860s must have been tortured every hoofbeat of the way by one nagging thought: Ambush. • A wooded canyon hemmed by craggy ...

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Second Lt. George Bascom was "a fine looking fellow" and a gentleman, a white settler of Arizona recalled, "but he was unfortunately a fool." After all, Bascom's decision in 1861 to take hostage ...