{"product_id":"pushed","title":"Pushed: Miners, a Merchant, and (Maybe) a Massacre","description":"A personal investigative journey into the so-called Chelan Falls Massacre of 1875.\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The particulars of the crime, Spagna’s work suggests, matter less than understanding how something awful can change a place and its people. \u003ci\u003ePushed\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling true crime book that explores issues of race and justice in the American West.”\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eFOREWORD REVIEWS\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the current alarming rise in xenophobia, Ana Maria Spagna stumbled upon a story: one\r\nday 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.\r\n\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46160402677937,"sku":"9781948814690","price":29.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46160402710705,"sku":"940da91a-bb09-32dd-85f4-08f304ba42fa","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_83ef0c4c-64da-49b2-b600-0aee8041da72.jpg?v=1763479707","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/pushed","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}