lthough I am old, I like to work and help my people as much as I am able.” Geronimo, the legendary Apache warrior, wrote these words after 75 years of doing just that: helping his people.
Geronimo hated the Mexicans, who massacred his family, and was constantly hunted by the Americans, who wanted him dead. Beset on both sides, the warrior and medicine man led the Apaches through a brutal transition from free-roaming southwestern tribespeople to prisoners of war.
Threatened by a takeover from one of the world’s leading powers, Geronimo helped stave off a complete surrender for years — until he couldn’t anymore.
This is a story of one man’s life that turned into a fight for freedom and dignity.
