Washoe County Library System

"Using first-person accounts in historical archives, David Roberts presents many sides of the Native American rebellion that began in the mid-1800s. Once They Moved Like The Wind is the epic story of the battles between the Apaches and the United States Army for land and freedom. The larger-than-life characters of Geronimo, Cochise, and General George Crook move dramatically through these pages, illuminating the human story behind the Apache Wars."--...

"A dramatic true story of captivity on the American frontier. In 1851, on route to California in a covered wagon, the Oatman family was brutally attacked by Apache Indians. Six family members were murdered on sight, one boy was left for dead, who escaped afterward, and two young girls, Mary Ann and Olive, were taken captive. Mary Ann, the younger of the two girls, died of starvation in 1852. Olive, however, spent five years in captivity before an...