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Deep Creek
Deep Creek
Author: Dana Hand, Dana Hand, Anne Matthews, Will Howarth, Will Howarth
Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over 40 Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho lawman Joe Vincent to solve the case. Soon he journeys up the wild Snake River with Lee Loi, an ambiti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780547237480
ISBN-10: 0547237480
Publication Date: 2/10/2010
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
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A novel, very well written, based upon in-depth research into one of the saddest events in the history of the Snake River canyons: the slaughter of some forty or so Chinese prospectors in the 1880s, the ensuing investigation by one dedicated public servant, the outrageously biased trial by jury, and the aftermath of the story. The authors are both accomplished in the art of writing and have done a commendable job here.


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