{"product_id":"2940150039308","title":"UNBEKNOWNST: People of Oregon, 1845-1881","description":"Mid-Nineteenth Century Oregon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToo young to avert danger, Mattie McAlister – an eleven-year-old runaway slave – walked alone to Oregon, hiding in daylight and walking in darkness. One rainy night, she bumped into Black Saul and feared he would abuse her like her half-brothers had. A moment later, her peril intensified as horse riders brandishing leather whips approached and stopped ten feet away. Overwhelmed with dread of a lashing, they dropped to the ground to hide. But this was only the first of her many encounters with danger.  A week later, she was left with scars across her back when she lived through a bear attack with help from Robert Newell. And years later, on her trip to Celilo Falls with Joe Meek and Margaret J. Bailey, she walked away from a Cayuse kidnaper with a trophy of a feathered necklace and a digit from her attacker’s finger.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid the historical events – the Cayuse Wars, Rogue River War, and Mexican War; the exodus of Oregonians to gold mines; the slaughter of missionaries in the Whitman Mission Massacre; and the making of Beaver Coins – Mattie fell in love with Albert Bayless. Unbeknownst to the guests at the engagement party, Mattie went to check on a sleeping baby and walked to her demise. While everyone danced the Virginia Reel –POOF – Mattie disappeared.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor decades, no one could solve the mystery of what happened to her though the solution was tucked in the back of a drawer. Then one day, Albert Bayless opened the drawer and the knowledge of Mattie’s fate tumbled onto the pages of this book, Unbeknownst.","brand":"Sunbird Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068179103984,"sku":"2940150039308","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150039308_p0.jpg?v=1763729035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150039308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}