BOOKSHELF

On the Border with Crook, by Gregory Bourke. The author served as a field officer with General George Crook and augmented his income by writing articles about the frontier for popular periodicals of the time. This work is an excellent description of Army life, Apache campaigns, and Arizona Territory Social Organization of the Western Apache, by Grenville Goodwin. The culture of the western Apaches: their customs, religious practices, and family life.

Apache, by Will Levington Comfort. A fictional account of the life of Mangas Coloradas, a Warm Springs Apache chief. Faithful to history, it gives a clear picture of Apache life and red-white confrontation.

Vanished Arizona, by Martha Summerhayes. Over the years, certainly one of the most popular books on early Arizona. Mrs. Summerhayes came to Arizona Territory as a young bride from the East. With her officer husband, she lived in and traveled to the trouble spots the Army was called on to control. Her reminiscences suggest the soldier's wife was as courageous as the soldier.

The Conquest of Apacheria is one of four fine books by Dan L. Thrapp. Now retired, Thrapp was the religion editor for the Los Angeles Times. He now lives in Tucson and continues his study of western history. The other three are Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts; Victorio and the Mimbres Apaches; and General Crook and the Sierra Madre Adventure. These works are believed by many to be the best accounts of the Apache wars available. Taken together with Dateline: Fort Bowie, by Charles F. Lummis, edited and annotated by Dan Thrapp, they provide a complete chronicle of a thirty-year period.

Western Apache Raiding and Warfare, by Keith H. Basso. An insight into Apache attitudes toward raiding, warfare, weapons, and combat methods. Some personal accounts of Apache scouts.

A Distant Trumpet, by Paul Horgan. Fiction. A concise picture of early southwestern Army life and hostili ties. Published in 1960, Horgan gives us a vivid but honest account of life as it was lived on and off the frontier Army post.

Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay, by Don Rickey. The life of the frontier cavalry trooper during the Indian wars.

Vast Domain of Blood, by Don Schellie. A Tucson newspaper columnist who died a few years ago, Schellie left us the best account ever written of the infamous Camp Grant massacre. A tireless student of Arizona history, his detailed description of the outrage and its aftermath will stand as the definitive work.

Apaches and Longhorns, by Will C. Barnes. Barnes enlisted in the Signal Corps of the United States Army in 1879 at the age of twenty-one. Two years later, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor at Fort Apache "for bravery in action with hostile Apache Indians." Not to detract from Barnes' accomplishments, it must be pointed out that, in the three decades of Indian wars in Arizona Territory, 157 Medals of Honor were awarded. His reminiscences read like fiction but are, indeed, fact. A fine book about a man and a frontier growing up together.

Blood Brother, by Elliott Arnold. Fiction. An excellent account of conflict, understanding, and finally friendship between Chiricahua Chief Cochise and Captain Thomas Jonathan Jeffords. Jeffords was a soldier, mail contractor, and Indian agent. When he rides alone into the camp of Cochise, a firm friendship is born that lasts until the death of Cochise in June, 1876.

Western Apache Dictionary, compiled by the staff of the White Mountain Apache Cultural Center at Fort Apache, under the guiding hand of Director Edgar Perry. This volume is one of a kind. It is a helpful and interesting reference when reading Apache history.

The Truth about Geronimo, by Britton Davis. Britton was an Army officer who engaged in the Geronimo campaigns and directed the Apache scouts. The book is factual, interesting, and informative.

In the Days of Victorio, by Eve Ball. A biography of Mescalero Chief Victorio, written by a distinguished New Mexico author who lived and worked among the Mescalero Apaches.

AMATEUR PHOTO CONTEST

A Hasselblad camera valued at $2600 is the grand prize in the 1986 Arizona Highways Amateur Photography Contest. The camera will be awarded for the entry that judges rate as the outstanding photograph submitted in the competition. First through third prizes and honorable mention will be given in each of the contest's two categories: Open (for everyone) and Youth (for ages 19 and under). The best photographs will be published in Arizona Highways next spring. Entries are limited to scenic color photography taken within Arizona, and to one image per entrant. They must be submitted as 8by 10-inch color prints mounted on illustration board. The entrant's name, address, and telephone number, location of the scene, and the category must be clearly printed on the back of the board. Send entries to Photo Contest, Arizona Highways, P.O. Box 6106, Phoenix, AZ 85005, postmarked no later than October 1, 1986. Photographs will not be returned. The Hasselblad camera was donated by three Phoenix dealers: Electronic Image Products, Guild Camera, and Bob's Camera Shop.