{"product_id":"massacred-for-gold-the-chinese-in-hells-canyon-paperback","title":"Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. Gregory Nokes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1887, more than 30 Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. \u003ci\u003eMassacred for Gold, \u003c\/i\u003e the first authoritative account of the unsolved crime--one of the worst of the many crimes committed by whites against Chinese laborers in the American West--unearths the evidence that points to an improbable gang of rustlers and schoolboys, one only 15, as the killers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crime was discovered weeks after it happened, but no charges were brought for nearly a year, when gang member Frank Vaughan, son of a well-known settler family, confessed and turned state's evidence. Six men and boys, all from northeastern Oregon's remote Wallowa country, were charged--but three fled, and the others were found innocent by a jury that a witness admitted had little interest in convicting anyone. A cover-up followed, and the crime was all but forgotten for the next 100 years, until a county clerk found hidden records in an unused safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn bringing this story out of the shadows, Nokes examines the once-substantial presence of Chinese laborers in the interior Pacific Northwest, describing why they came, how their efforts contributed to the region's development, and how too often mistreatment and abuse were their only reward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eR. GREGORY NOKES is the author of \u003ci\u003eBreaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMassacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Troubled Life of Peter Burnett: Oregon Pioneer and First Governor of California.\u003c\/i\u003e He traveled the world as a reporter and editor for The Associated Press and the \u003ci\u003eOregonian.\u003c\/i\u003e A graduate of Willamette University, he attended Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow. His reporting on the 1887 murders of more than thirty Chinese gold miners in Hells Canyon resulted in a formal designation of the site as Chinese Massacre Cove and was the basis for an Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary. Greg and his wife, Candise, live in West Linn, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9.18 x 5.74 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758108246304,"sku":"9780870715709","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f8b95407eca0ab3ffcf9a970699e4294.webp?v=1780118214","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/massacred-for-gold-the-chinese-in-hells-canyon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}