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Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon
R. Gregory Nokes
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Description for Massacred for Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 146 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
In 1887, more than thirty Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Massacred for Gold, the first authoritative account of the unsolved crime, unearths the evidence that points to an improbable gang of rustlers and schoolboys, one only fifteen, as the killers. The 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 county, were charged but ... Read more
In 1887, more than thirty Chinese gold miners were massacred on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. Massacred for Gold, the first authoritative account of the unsolved crime, unearths the evidence that points to an improbable gang of rustlers and schoolboys, one only fifteen, as the killers. The 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 county, were charged but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870715709
SKU
V9780870715709
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