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Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781948814690)
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xA personal investigative journey into 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."
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.
Author: Ana Maria Spagna
ISBN-10: 1948814692
ISBN-13: 9781948814690
Publisher: Torrey House Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2022 pg. 12
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Library Journal 01/01/2023 pg. 96
Foreword 12/27/2022
--FOREWORD REVIEWS, starred review
Amid the current alarming rise in xenophobia, Ana Maria Spagna stumbled upon a story: oneday 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.
Author: Ana Maria Spagna
ISBN-10: 1948814692
ISBN-13: 9781948814690
Publisher: Torrey House Press
Language: English
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2022 pg. 12
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2022
Library Journal 01/01/2023 pg. 96
Foreword 12/27/2022
By Ana Maria Spagna
xAna Maria Spagna is the author of nine books including the young adult novel The Luckiest Scar on Earth and most recently the poetry chapbook Mile Marker Six. Her work has been recognized by the River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize, the Society for Environmental Journalists, the Nautilus Book Awards, and as a four-time finalist for the Washington State Book Award. A former backcountry trails worker, Ana Maria now teaches in MFA programs at Antioch University, Los Angeles, and Western Colorado University.
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