A nineteenth-century attack by Native Americans on a Presbyterian mission in what would become the Oregon Territory proved to be a turning point in the history of the American West. This book examines the tangled legacy of that event.
CASSANDRA TATE is a Seattle-based writer and editor. A former journalist, she earned a Ph.D in American history at the University of Washington in 1995. She is the author ofCigarette Wars- The Triumph of "The Little White Slaver."Her work has been published inSmithsonian, Columbia Journalism Review, and other national magazines, and she has contributed more than 200 articles to HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopedia of Washington State history. She is a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
Washington State Book Award Finalist
“Unsettled Ground is both the gripping adventure story of a
cross-continental journey and a cultural exploration of the
collision of two very different ways of life. . . . Told with depth
and insight, Tate’s account is a prism that allows us to see the
multiple dimensions of a classic frontier conflict.”
—Peter Stark, author of Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas
Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire
“I consider Unsettled Ground one of the most important Northwest
history books ever written.”
—John Hughes, Chief Historian, Washington Secretary of State
“Even well-read aficionados of Western history will be surprised
and perhaps dismayed by Tate’s comprehensive and masterfully
layered narrative.”
—Shannon Applegate, author of Skookum: An Oregon Pioneer Family’s
History and Lore and Living Among Headstones: Life in a Country
Cemetery
“In this overdue era of righting unbalanced histories, Cassandra
Tate reexamines a deadly tragedy from the nineteenth-century
American West. Unsettled Ground is a riveting blend of intricate
research, fresh cultural perspective, and first-rate
storytelling.”
—Dave Boling, author of Guernica and The Lost History of Stars
“....by turns moving, evenhanded and lyrical in its evocation of
time and place.”
—Seattle Times
"In this moment when we as a nation grapple with systemic racism
and injustice, Unsettled Ground is a timely book."
—Pacific Northwest Quarterly
"A highly readable, myth-busting, fact-based story. [A] tale
for all who love the West, its history and its truths."
—The Inlander
"Balanced and deeply researched."
—Crosscut
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