Apacheria ran from the Colorado to the Rio Grande and beyond,
from the great canyons of the North for a thousand miles into
Mexico. Here, where the elusive, phantomlike Apache bands
roamed, life was as harsh, cruel and pitiless as the country itself.
The conquest of Apacheria is an epic of heroism, mixed with
chicanery, misunderstanding, and tragedy, on both sides.

The author's account of this important segment of Western
American history includes the Walapais War, an eyewitness
report on the death of the gallant lieutenant Howard B. Cushing,
the famous Camp Grant Massacre, General Crook's offensive
in Apacheria and his difficulties with General Miles, and the
formidable Apache leaders, including Cochise, Delshay,
Big Rump, Chunz, Chan-deisi, Victorio, and Geronimo.