The Apache Kid Chronicles

Army Apache Scout

By: W. Michael Farmer

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Hardcover | 3 June 2025

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312 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.06

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From Army Scout to Outlaw, from Hero to Legend.

He survived the embers of the fires and murders at the Camp Grant Massacre of the Apache. Young Has-kay-bay-nay-ntayl ("brave and tall and will come to a mysterious end"), a child known by many names but later feared and revered as the Apache Kid-grows up in two cultures where survival means choosing between loyalty and betrayal, his people and their overseers. Trained by the legendary Al Sieber and other former military officers, the Kid makes a meteoric rise to prominence as a First Sergeant of scouts, a warrior whose skill and leadership helps win the U.S. Army's fight against renegades and maintain peace between Apache bands at San Carlos Reservation.

But neither war nor peace are ever simple. When forced to make an impossible choice between his own People or the Army, he chooses his People. His choice leads the Army to imprison him at Alcatraz. Released early by the Army, Arizona Territory tries to imprison him again but he, with seven other Apache on the way to Yuma Penitentiary, escape and become the object of the greatest manhunt in Arizona history. The only one to survive the manhunt, Kid becomes both a ghost and a legend, the most feared border outlaw for the next ten years before vanishing into Mexico.

Seen through Kid's eyes, The Apache Kid: Army Apache Scout brings to life the thrilling and tragic journey of Apache Kid as a young man and the best of the Army's Apache scouts.

Industry Reviews

"Farmer is one of very few authors who writes the Apache as human beings...." -Doug Hocking, bestselling author of Terror On The Sante Fe Trail

"Nobody blends fact and fiction like Farmer." -Anthony Wood, Will Rogers Medallion-winning author Of The Tale Of Two Colors Series

"...Few who attempt to tell the tale of another culture achieve Farmer's depth of insight." -Paul Colt, bestselling author of Grasshoppers in Summer

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