Shifting from one distinct voice and viewpoint to the other, this intertwined biography achieves a novelistic sweep while taking full advantage of transcripts and negotiations, newspaper accounts, journals, and primary sources, as well as each man's autobiography. From the early days that shaped them to the battle that consumed them, and the politics that ultimately betrayed them both, their quests for victory and immortality offer great insight into some of the most important events in American history-and a unique perspective of the cultures from which they sprang.

Geronimo: the price of power --Crook: the cost of duty (1890) -- Early conflicts (1828-1861) -- Geronimo: the making of a warrior (1827-1850) -- Crook: early years (1828-1861) -- Taking command (1861-1871) -- Geronimo: the unquenched flame (1851-1861) -- Crook: the politics of death (1861-1871) -- Geronimo: the Americans return (1861-1871) -- A fight to the death (1871-1883) -- Crook: the coming of the Fox (1871-1875) -- Geronimo: making peace with the White Eyes (1871-1883) -- Crook: fighting the Sioux (1875-1883) -- The Fox faces the Whirlwind (1883-1909) -- Geronimo: the last days of a free people (1883) -- Crook: a bold gamble (1883) -- Geronimo: return to the reservation (1884-1886) -- Crook: confrontation with an old foe (1886) -- Geronimo: the triumph of fear (1886) -- Crook: Geronimo, Geronimo, always Geronimo (1886) -- Geronimo: the final surrender (1886) -- Crook: to redeem his honor (1886-1890) -- Geronimo: a long time in a cage (1886-1909).