{"product_id":"bitter-creek-an-epic-poem-paperback","title":"Bitter Creek: An Epic Poem - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeow Lim Goh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, a lyric Chinese epic of the American West, reveals the devastating realities of the 1885 Rock Springs Massacre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September of 1885, the Chinese coal miners who were brought into Wyoming as strikebreakers were ambushed and driven out of the town of Rock Springs at gunpoint by white coal miners. \u003ci\u003eBitter Creek\u003c\/i\u003e revisits this dark episode--known today as the Rock Springs Massacre--revealing the stories beneath this violent, decade-long culmination of labor struggles and racial hostilities in the Union Pacific Coal Mines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the eyes of the struggling railroad workers, their families, and the corporation working them to the bone, Teow Lim Goh creates an ode to buried history that blends epic tradition with modern composition and astonishing empathy to ask the question, \"What turns ordinary people into monsters?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeow Lim Goh\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and essayist who writes from the nexus of people and place. One of her ongoing projects is to recover the histories of Chinese immigrants in the American West. She is the author of two previous poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eIslanders\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eFaraway Places\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and her essay collection \u003ci\u003eWestern Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) was a finalist for the 2023 Colorado Book Awards in Creative Nonfiction. She is based in Denver, CO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 109\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978241081645,"sku":"9798890920133","price":21.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/E0GABqg6ma9798890920133.webp?v=1775801217","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/bitter-creek-an-epic-poem-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}