{"product_id":"making-peace-with-cochise-the-1872-journal-of-captain-joseph-alton-sladen-9780806129730","title":"Making Peace With Cochise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaking Peace With Cochise: The 1872 Journal of Captain Joseph Alton Sladen\u003c\/strong\u003e by Sweeney, Edwin R.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780806129730.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tribute to the legendary chief and his people and a remembrance of two courageous officers“Cochise€ was a name that struck terror in hearts across the Southwest. Yet in the autumn of 1872, Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard and his aid-de-camp, Lieutenant Joseph Alton Sladen, entered Arizona€™s rocky Dragoon Mountains in search of the elusive Chiricahua Apache chief. Accompanied only by a guide and two Apache scouts, they sought to convince Cochise that the bloody fighting between his people and the Americans must stop. Cochise had already reached that conclusion, but he had found no American official he could trust.Slade, Howard€™s devoted aide, maintained a journal during their two-month quest from Fort Tularosa, New Mexico, to Cochise€™s stronghold. Joseph Sladen€™s journal—enriched by Edwin R. Sweeney€™s introduction, epilogue, and lively notes—is a unique source on Chiricahua lifeways and an engrossing tale of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989314400309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0806129735","price":48.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780806129730_f87da51d-ee93-4537-8036-a6a93cdf2186.jpg?v=1778858355","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/making-peace-with-cochise-the-1872-journal-of-captain-joseph-alton-sladen-9780806129730","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}