Deep Creek (2010 novel)

Deep Creek
AuthorDana Hand, pen name of:
 William Howarth
 Anne Matthews
SubjectHells Canyon Massacre
Set inIdaho Territory, late 1880s
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date
February 10, 2010 (2010-02-10)
Media typePrint / Digital
Pages320
ISBN978-0-547-23748-0 (1st ed)
LC ClassPS3608
WebsiteOfficial website

Deep Creek is a historical fiction novel written and published in 2010 under the pen name Dana Hand recounting the aftermath of the Hells Canyon Massacre. Ten to thirty-four Chinese gold miners working for the Sam Yup Company were massacred by a gang of four to seven Caucasian horse thieves in May 1887, who stole approximately $50,000 in gold from the miners. The novel details the hunt for the killers, led by agents hired by the Sam Yup Company.