{"product_id":"pushed-miners-a-merchant-and-maybe-a-massacre-9781948814690","title":"Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre","description":"\u003cb\u003eA personal investigative journey into the so-called Chelan Falls Massacre of 1875.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the current alarming rise in xenophobia, Ana Maria Spagna stumbled upon a story: one\u003cbr\u003eday 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsulting 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. \u003ci\u003ePushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948814690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2022 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ana Maria Spagna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561946714293,"sku":"9781948814690","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_80601f43-86fd-4cf8-aff5-3f507e09092d.jpg?v=1670943406","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pushed-miners-a-merchant-and-maybe-a-massacre-9781948814690","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}