The Fort Sill years produced the paradox that defined the last chapter of Geronimo’s life: he was simultaneously the government’s prisoner and a celebrity.

American popular culture had developed a fascination with him that coexisted uneasily with the government’s classification of him as a dangerous enemy.

He appeared at the St.

Louis World’s Fair in 1904, selling his photograph and his autograph.

He rode in Theodore Roosevelt’s inauguration parade in 1905 — though Roosevelt privately found the invitation controversial and resisted allowing it.

He dictated his autobiography in 1905.

He also continued to ask to go home.