Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre
Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre
Spagna, Ana Maria
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781948814690, Publication Date: Wed, February 1, 2023, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
o the so-called Chelan Falls Massacre of 1875.

"The particulars of the crime, Spagna's work suggests, matter less than understanding how something awful can change a place and its people. Pushed is a compelling true crime book that explores issues of race and justice in the American West."

--FOREWORD REVIEWS, starred review

Amid the current alarming rise in xenophobia, Ana Maria Spagna stumbled upon a story: one
day in 1875, according to lore, on a high bluff over the Columbia River, a group of local Indigenous people murdered a large number of Chinese miners--perhaps as many as three hundred--and pushed their bodies over a cliff into the river. The little-known incident was dubbed the Chelan Falls Massacre. Despite having lived in the area for more than thirty years, Spagna had never before heard of this event. She set out to discover exactly what happened and why.

Consulting historians, archaeologists, Indigenous elders, and even a grave dowser, Spagna uncovers three possible versions of the event: Native people as perpetrators. White people as perpetrators. It didn't happen at all. Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre replaces convenient narratives of the American West with nuance and complexity, revealing the danger in forgetting or remembering atrocities when history is murky and asking what allegiance to a place requires.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Murder, Murder, Murder in Gilded ...

by Tichi, Cecelia

Paperback /Paperback

$11.99

The Snow Trilogy: Collector's Edition

by Le, Amy M.

Paperback /Paperback

$44.99

Odd Earl Out

by Bradley, Anna

Paperback /Paperback

$9.79

listens & views

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group