Geronimo: Geronimo

by George E. Stanley, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)

In this illustrated biography, young Apache Goyahkla and his friend play games in their village that will prepare him for his role as a hunter and warrior—and the place he will hold in history as Geronimo, fighter for the rights of his people.

Genres: History, Biography, Childrens, Historical

176 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. After writing and publishing over 200 short stories in American, British, Irish, and South African magazines and linguistics articles in major international journals, he started writing books. He wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for young people including The Katie Lynn Cookie Company series and the Adam Sharp series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of M. T. Coffin, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Adam Mills, and Stuart Symons. He was a professor of African and Middle-Eastern languages and linguistics in the department of foreign languages at Cameron University. He died from a ruptured aneurysm on February 7, 2011 at the age of 68.

Reviews

[Josiah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book!! Very educational, and very interesting. The whole childhood of famous Americans are great! I would definitely recommend this one.

[Noah · Rating 2 out of 5]

one of the mist famous people in american history, Geronimo. As you read all about his life in your fingertipes. Everyone loves these clasices so go read one of the most famous people in american history.

If you ask me i really dont like this book. so if you want one persons opinion then heres myn i wouldnt waist your time reading this book.

I would reccomend this book to people who like biogrphies and american history.

[Johannes Kristian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Own.

[Nora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Borrowed. It was interesting, especially after reading Sacajawea. I was surprised when he killed a bear all by himself.

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this book - it has nice coming of age stories and shows how one boy grows up and becomes more than he was as a child.