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William Wong writes in a San Francisco Chronicle review that Nokes' pursuit of the massacre story is "breathtaking." "A standout feature of "Massacred for Gold" is the author's unrelenting search for documents that had been hidden by Wallowa County officials who didn't want to embarrass descendants of the killers. "Nokes' journeys from Portland to rugged eastern Oregon, trying to retrace the experience of the 1880s, are breathtaking. They evoke the beauty and desolation of an area where white pioneers and Chinese gold seekers had to brave intimidating elements to try to better their respective lives, only to collide violently.'' |
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| OSU Press book recounts Chinese massacre Oregonian columnist John Terry writes that Nokes' pursuit of the massacre story "took him to the sweltering depths of Hells Canyon, the vast documents of the State Archives in Salem and the dank recesses of the Enterprise courthouse. In a dark cornerof the basement he found the original trial record.'' |
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| Northwest Asian Weekly of Seattle: The success of Massacred for Gold "goes to show that books that are thick with facts and information don't have to be left for university students in ethnic studies classes. These books should be part of the mainstream, part of the popular nonfiction novel genre. (It) "is a book of American history and is especially valuable as it details an event that is virtually unknown...." |
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| Reading Local and Rose City Reader: "While Massacred for Gold has regional ties, Nokes puts the tragedy in national context. Any reader interested in the experience of 19th Century Chinese immigrants or the development of the American West will find this story fascinating.'' |
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| Massacred for Gold on Oregonian's Top Ten books list | » Read more |
| Rose City Reader likes Nokes' personal touch | » Read more |
| Uncovering a 120-year-old massacre The Bend Bulletin’s David Jasper talks with R. Gregory Nokes about the process of writing "Massacred for Gold." |
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| The Asian Reporter's Book Reviews In 1887, more than 30 Chinese gold miners were murdered on the Oregon side of Hells Canyon in one of the most heinous crimes in state history. Yet for more than a century the massacre was covered up and forgotten — until seasoned reporter and amateur detective R. Gregory Nokes took on the case. |
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| Anatomy of a (120-year-old) mass murder Willamette Week, Oct. 14, 2009 |
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| "Massacred for Gold" and "Pedaling Revolution" are selling well. The Oregonian, October 06, 2009 |
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| More than gold seen behind massacre Author R. Gregory Nokes peels back the veil of time in his historical work on the murders of 34 Chinese gold miners in Wallowa County — Walla Walla Union Bulletin, October 05, 2009. |
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| The Oregonian reviews Massacred for Gold. October 02, 2009 |
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| VIDEO: Jody Seay interviews Greg Nokes, author of "Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon," the first authoritative account of the long-forgotten 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Oregon's Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America. |
| Historians track Chinese history in Idaho The Lewiston Tribune, July 18, 2009 |
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| "Historical Interpretation of Chinese Sites in Hells Canyon" a Success Historical Museum at St. Gertrude, August 3, 2008 |
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| "A Most Daring Outrage" Murders at Chinese Massacre Cove, 1887 Oregon Historical Quarterly Vol. 107, Issue 3, Fall 2006 |
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| Jetting up the Snake River The Oregonian, August 24, 2003 |
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| Chinese Miners Murdered The New York Times, July 8, 1887 |
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“I guess if they had killed 31 white men, something would have been done about it, but none of the jury knew the Chinamen or cared much about it, so they turned the men loose.”
— George S. Craig, who discovered some of the bodies of the murdered Chinese miners.