Apache Novels

by Edgar Rice Burroughs 2 books in this series

The Apache novels follow Shoz-Dijiji, a fictional child raised within Geronimo's Chiricahua Apache community, from youth into the final years of armed resistance. The War Chief and Apache Devil combine his personal story with the reservation system, military campaigns and the tightening pressure of United States expansion across the Southwest.

Historical figures including Cochise, Geronimo and Nelson Miles appear alongside Burroughs's invented characters. The result is an unusually sustained historical sequence in his work, centred on dispossession, identity and the collapse of the freedom Shoz-Dijiji has known.

Reading order

Books in this series (2 books)

1. The War Chief

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Andy MacDuff is taken as an infant during an Apache raid, adopted into Geronimo’s family and raised as Shoz-Dijiji, or Black Bear. He grows into an accomplished hunter and warrior while his personal rivalry with Juh and his love for Ish-kay-nay unfold against reservation policy, warfare…

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2. Apache Devil

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Shoz-Dijiji, now a feared Apache war chief, carries the bitterness of dispossession and repeated warfare into a dangerous life of raiding and pursuit. His relationship with Wichita Billings crosses the conflict’s racial and cultural boundaries while United States forces close in on Geronimo’s remaining band. The…

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