SEASIDE – Beach Books, located at 37 N. Edgewood St. in Seaside, will present Gregory Nokes, author of “Massacred for Gold, The Chinese in Hells Canyon,” at 7 p.m. Thursday.

The book is an account of the long-forgotten 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners in Oregon’s Hells Canyon, one of the deepest canyons in North America. “Massacred for Gold” traces the author’s long, personal journey to expose details of the massacre and its aftermath and to understand how the crime was kept in the dark for so long.

Nokes examines the once-substantial presence of Chinese laborers in the interior Pacific Northwest, describing why they came, how their efforts contributed to the region’s development and how often mistreatment and abuse were their only reward. He also includes the history of the Wallowa country, once the homeland for Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce until they were forced to leave in 1877, igniting the U.S.-Nez Perce war.

For information, call (503) 738-3500.