Reviews for The Sunset of the Confederacy

The average rating for The Sunset of the Confederacy based on 2 reviews is 2 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-29 00:00:00 Mark Kalvin To learn more about Bourke, I suggest 'Paper Medicine Man.' Paper Medicine Man: John Gregory Bourke and His American West "The Apaches, intrigued by this strange white soldier who always seemed to be writing, began calling him 'Paper Medicine Man.' To the Sioux he was 'Ink Man.'" *** Another to re-read ... too long since I took Bourke's tour of Apache southwest, wonder if could be considered classic. Would like to ride mules then with John and the General. *** For a well written fiction perspective to 'On the Border,' Forrest Carter's "Watch for Me ...," is a noir Apache novel, one that could also provide an introduction to General Crook. Watch for Me on the Mountain For more about Crook, see Magid George Crook: From the Redwoods to Appomattox

Review # 2 was written on 2016-02-11 00:00:00 Daniel Kenny Great first hand account from the Army pov of the Apache and Sioux/Cheyenne wars. George Crook was a rare leader of honesty and character. Good material on early days in Tucson, AZ in there. The thing I picked up, after having a minor in Native American Studies and History of the American West, is that "scout" Indians turned on their own tribes and helped Crook and the Army. You won't find that fact in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which portrays Indians as being in total solidarity to white advance. But then one always gets a more accurate view reading first hand sources like this one over interpretations like Bury My Heart . . . The coverage of the second Apache campaign against Geronimo is a little weak, as Bourke covers the surrender and the politics and not much more than that. But what rings through is Crook's character and integrity.