Watch for Me on the Mountain: A Novel of Geronimo and the Apache Nation

This book just grabs you from the moment you open it and you cannot put it down. I don't know when I've read a book that left such a lasting impression. You get a completely different perspective of "how the West was won". You feel as if you are there walking beside our Native Americans of the past and seeing through their eyes. Geronimo comes alive as the story unfolds. Awesome!

Part history book, and biography, I found this book to give a complex view of Geronimo which would be hard to convey otherwise. Mr. Carter did a good job of being objective, while not losing the unknown factor of myth in Geronimo's life. A definitive biography at the same time, for an elusive historical figure.

Regardless of all the hype behind Forrest Carter, his background and his politics, he remains one of my personal favorite authors. I like to consider this particular book as the definitive biography on Geronimo, although it is listed as fiction. His genius of warfare was astounding. It makes one realize that the Apache Nation was not a nation of warriors arbitrarily. In fact, they protected the southern border, along with all the other nations, from infiltration from foreigners for generations. Had the Apaches been on the east coast of this nation in the 18th century, this might still be a native land.....

I've read thousands of books in my 40-odd years and will sometimes realize, halfway through a new paperback, that I've already read it. Such a mistake could never be made with "Watch for Me on the Mountain." It wrenches your heart and your gut, forever etching in your mind scenes and people from long ago. It lifted me up, filled me with joy, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. One of my top five all-time favorites.