The Apache Diaries: A Father-Son Journey

by Grenville Goodwin, Neil Goodwin

In 1930, four decades after the surrender of Geronimo, anthropologist Grenville Goodwin headed south in search of a rumored band of "wild" Apaches in the Sierra Madre. Goodwin's journals chronicling his epic search have been edited and annotated by his son, Neil, who was born three months before his father's tragic death at the age of thirty-three. Neil Goodwin uses the journals to engage in a dialogue with the father he never knew.

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Juan Longoria]

Resuelve un hueco en la antropología sobre los ndé entre Sonora y Chihuahua, llega hasta los 1940, y el tratamiento de los 2000 queda como arqueología. Es información sobre lugares y personas, con posibles identificaciones por nombre y genealogía, demuestra que en esas fechas aún era posible ser asesino y no tener castigo, com lo hicieron mexicanos contra los ndé que intentaban vivir libres en sus tierras. Deja claro como en Cd. Juárez quedan ndé, y en zonas rurales del estado de Chihuahua.
Recomendado, refuerza lo escrito por Helge Ingstad, tambien en las primeras décadas del siglo XX.

[LD Schmidt · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting story with parallel arcs. The author explores the Sierra Madres in Northern Mexico, retracing his father's footsteps based on the father's journal from the 1930s. The journal describes the search for signs of reclusive Apaches rumored to still be living in the Sierra Madres between the 1880s surrender of Geronimo into the 1930s. As the author visits the same places and meets with descendants of his father's contemporaries, the author hopes to form a connection with the now deceased father he never really knew.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good content

[Sam Dye · Rating 5 out of 5]

A friend recommended this book that I found underwhelming with the first chapters because I think I wasn't good at going back and forth in time. I caught on and found the book a treasure. I thought the book was functionally over then he documented the follow up of Carmela!