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On Gold Mountain
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2014-08-20
On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos.
On Gold Mountain
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1999
On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with California categories.
When she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family`s antiques store in Los Angeles' Chinatown. There, her grandmother and great-aunt told her intriguing, colourful stories about their family`s past - stories of missionaries, concubines, tong wars, glamorous nightclubs, and the determined struggle to triumph over racist laws and discrimination. They spoke of how Lisa`s great-great-grandfather emigrated from his Chinese village to the United States, and how his son followed him. As an adult, See spent fives years collecting the details of her family`s remarkable history. She interviewd nearly one hundred relatives and pored over documents at the National Archives, the immigration office, and in countless attics, basements, and closets for the initmate nuances of her ancestors` lives. The result is a vivid, sweeping family portriat that is att once particular and universal, telling the story not only of one family, but of the Chinese people in America - and of America itself, a country that both welcomes and reviles its immigrants like no other culture in the world.
Gold Mountain
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Author : Betty G. Yee
language : en
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
Release Date : 2022-04-05
Gold Mountain written by Betty G. Yee and has been published by Carolrhoda Lab ® this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Working on the Transcontinental Railroad promises a fortune—for those who survive. Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father is wealthy enough to provide for his family but unconventional enough to spare Ling Fan from the debilitating foot-binding required of most well-off girls. But Ling Fan’s life is upended when her brother dies of influenza and their father is imprisoned under false accusations. Hoping to earn the money that will secure her father’s release, Ling Fan disguises herself as a boy and takes her brother’s contract to work for the Central Pacific Railroad Company in America. Life on “the Gold Mountain” is grueling and dangerous. To build the railroad that will connect the west coast to the east, Ling Fan and other Chinese laborers lay track and blast tunnels through the treacherous peaks of the Sierra Nevada, facing cave-ins, avalanches, and blizzards—along with hostility from white Americans. When someone threatens to expose Ling Fan’s secret, she must take an even greater risk to save what’s left of her family . . . and to escape the Gold Mountain alive.
Ghosts Of Gold Mountain
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Author : Gordon H. Chang
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Release Date : 2019
Ghosts Of Gold Mountain written by Gordon H. Chang and has been published by Houghton Mifflin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with China categories.
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
On Gold Mountain
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-05-04
On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather left China in search of riches on the 'Gold Mountain', the Chinese name for the promised land of America. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws that prohibited unions between the races. Through sheer endeavour and entrepreneurial genius he became one of the most successful Chinese men in the country. Over the decades, each generation of the See family strived to grasp their dreams, realise their ambitions and overcome their disappointments and sorrows. This sweeping chronicle of five generations of a Chinese-American family encompasses stories of adventure and heartache, racism and romance, secret marriages and sibling rivalries. On Gold Mountain is a powerful social history of two cultures meeting in a new world.
Stone Sky Gold Mountain
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Author : Mirandi Riwoe
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Stone Sky Gold Mountain written by Mirandi Riwoe and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Fiction categories.
Family circumstances force siblings Ying and Lai Yue to flee their home in China to seek their fortunes in Australia. Life on the gold fields is hard, and they soon abandon the diggings and head to nearby Maytown. Once there, Lai Yue gets a job as a carrier on an overland expedition, while Ying finds work in a local store and strikes up a friendship with Meriem, a young white woman with her own troubled past. When a serious crime is committed, suspicion falls on all those who are considered outsiders. Evoking the rich, unfolding tapestry of Australian life in the late nineteenth century, Stone Sky Gold Mountain is a heartbreaking and universal story about the exiled and displaced, about those who encounter discrimination yet yearn for acceptance.
Surviving On The Gold Mountain
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Author : Huping Ling
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 1998-01-01
Surviving On The Gold Mountain written by Huping Ling and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-01-01 with Social Science categories.
The first comprehensive work on Chinese American women's history covering the past 150 years.
Escape To Gold Mountain
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Author : David H. T. Wong
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Escape To Gold Mountain written by David H. T. Wong and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
An epic graphic novel about the experience of Chinese immigrants in North America over the past 150 years.
On Gold Mountain
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Author : Lisa See
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 1996
On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Asian Americans categories.
In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather arrived in America, where he prescribed herbal remedies to immigrant laborers who were treated little better than slaves. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Lisa herself grew up playing in her family's antiques store in Los Angeles's Chinatown, listening to stories of missionaries and prostitutes, movie stars and Chinese baseball teams. With these stories and her own years of research, Lisa See chronicles the one-hundred-year-odyssey of her Chinese-American family, a history that encompasses racism, romance, secret marriages, entrepreneurial genius, and much more, as two distinctly different cultures meet in a new world.
Tales From Gold Mountain
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Author : Paul Yee
language : en
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Release Date : 2014-01-09
Tales From Gold Mountain written by Paul Yee and has been published by Groundwood Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-09 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, the IODE Violet Downey Book Award and the IODE National Chapter Award Drawing on the real background of the Chinese role in the gold rush, the building of the railway and the settling of the west coast in the nineteenth century, noted historian and children’s author Paul Yee has created eight original stories that combine the rough-and-tumble adventure of frontier life with the rich folk traditions that these immigrants brought from China. These tales are funny, sad, romantic and earthy, but ultimately, as a collection, they reflect the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North America.