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Making Peace with Cochise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen | 
 enlarge | Author: Joseph Alton Sladen
Creators: Frank J., Jr. Sladen, Edwin R. Sweeney
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 57963
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 179
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0806139781
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780806139784
ASIN: 0806139781
Publication Date: July 31, 2008
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Diary History at its Best February 21, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Another book on my shelf from U. of Oklahoma that gets better with rereading.
Though this one was released more than 5 years ago, it reads as though written yesterday. And that is something, since the diary that underpins it was written in 1872.
This is must reading for anyone enjoying information of the period of the Apache wars in Arizona/New Mexico area. Other than the author's previous biography on Cochise, nothing is available giving personal views of Cochise and his people. And Cochise's statement that no whiteman would look upon his face was well kept. These two military men, and Tom Jeffords were among the few that ever did.
Enough good words cannot be said about this one.
Semper Fi.
Cochise Comes Alive February 24, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Cochise is an elusive character. There are no photographs of him, and only one eloquent speech, which was recorded by an Army interpreter. Otherwise, we are left with vague secondhand accounts that often make him a two-dimensional cardboard cutout. Sladen's journal breathes life into this dynamic individual. It is fascinating reading, and, as Sweeney the editor points out, Sladen is not judgmental. He simply describes life in the Apache camp. A wonderful book.
A wonderful and vivid journal February 9, 1999
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I read this book in one setting. What a fascinating journey Sladen takes you on in this first hand account of a significant moment in history. I've been reading books on the west my entire life and I have to say this is the best single book one could read on the American Southwest. It chronicles the remarkable meeting between General O.O. Howard and the Great Apache leader Cochise. Sladen records Cochise's personality and style in great detail. He gives a vivid portrait of life in an Apache village. He presents Tom Jeffords and Howard as they really were. He describes the incredible county this drama played out in with the sensibility of a true lover of beauty and nature. Sladen's become one of my heros along with Cochise and Edward R. Sweeney who edited this book and wrote a brilliant biography of Cochise.
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