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1) The wrath of Cochise: the Bascom Affair and the origins of the Apache Wars

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After his son was kidnapped by Apaches, rancher John Ward reported blame for the incident on a band of Chiricahuas led by Cochise. Lt. George Bascom's subsequent meeting with the Apache leader ignited a Southwestern frontier war between the Chiricahuas and the US Army that would last twenty-five years.

2) Cheyenne summer: the battle of Beecher Island : a history

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"Evoking the spirit and danger of the early American West, this is the story of the Battle of Beecher Island, pitting an outnumbered United States Army patrol against six hundred Native warriors, where heroism on both sides of the conflict captures the vital themes at play on the American frontier." --

3) A spy in Casablanca: a Riley Fitzhugh novel

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"Riley Fitzhugh is recruited by the OSS for temporary duty as a naval spy in Morocco. Riley's assignment is to kidnap a French river pilot and extract him from Casablanca. Riley meets an old flame from his days in Hollywood and these two have some surprises waiting for them"--

4) Convoy to Morocco: a Riley Fitzhugh novel

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"Riley Fitzhugh is temporarily assigned as officer in charge of the naval guard on board the SS Carlota, a merchant ship assigned to deliver bombs and aviation fuel to the Sebou River during Operation Torch"--

5) Hunters in the stream

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"Riley Fitzhugh goes through officer training and is assigned to PC 475, nicknamed Nameless by her crew. Along the way Fitzhugh meets Ernest Hemingway and, toward the end, tells him about the Nameless's adventures. Hemingway thinks about adapting the story for his own"--