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Author : Henry Townsend Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain guests written by Henry Townsend Walker and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780099409823
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Gordon H. Chang
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 1328618579
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Ghosts of Gold Mountain written by Gordon H. Chang and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Betty G. Yee
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1728451019
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (284 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain written by Betty G. Yee and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Jim Schein
Publisher : Cameron Books
ISBN 13 : 9781944903893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain, Big City written by Jim Schein and published by Cameron Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique character of San Francisco's Chinatown is revealed in a historical map and fascinating photographs This colorful and playful time capsule of San Francisco's Chinatown shares the stories of the unique businesses, culture, and people encountered by map illustrator Ken Cathcart between 1939 and 1955. Each quadrant of the map, supplemented by never-before-seen black-and-white photographs and meticulous research, drops the reader into a world of curious characters that reveals a glimpse of the immigration story so universal to America in both its celebratory aspects and its darkness.
Author : Townsend Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (677 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain Guests written by Townsend Walker and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Townsend Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain Guests written by Townsend Walker and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ling Zhang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848875951
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain Blues written by Ling Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Family. Five generations. An epic story of love and loss. China, 1879 With the Opium wars at their height, Fong Tak-Fat boards a ship to Canada, determined to make a life for himself and support his family back home. He will endure great hardship as he works to build the Pacific Railway and save every penny he makes to reunite his family. Canada, 2004 Amy Smith knows nothing of her family history, a secret her mother will not share, until she is summoned to her ancestral home in China to collect the forgotten belongings of family members whom she has never met. Can Amy finally unlock the door to her past? Telling the story of one family's journey through five generations and across the seas, Gold Mountain Blues is a heartrending tale of sacrifice, endurance, hope and survival.
Author : Russell Freedman
Publisher : Clarion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780544810891
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Angel Island written by Russell Freedman and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of the port of entry off the coast of California that was "the other Ellis Island" for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940.
Author : Li Keng Wong
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 1561458740
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Good Fortune written by Li Keng Wong and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dramatic memoir of early-twentieth century immigration, author Li Keng Wong shares her family's difficult journey from rural China to a new life in California. In 1933, seven-year-old Li Keng's life changed forever when her father decided to bring his family from a small village in southern China to California. Getting to America was not easy, as their family faced America's strict anti-Chinese immigration laws that meant any misstep could mean deportation and disgrace. Life in America during the Great Depression brought many exciting surprises as well as many challenges. Hunger, poverty, police raids, frequent moves, and the occasional sting of racism were a part of everyday life, but slowly Li Keng and her family found stability and a true home in "Gold Mountain." An author's note contains photos and an update on Li Keng Wong's family. This evocative memoir presents the joys and sorrows of pursuing the American Dream during a time of racism and great poverty, but also immense opportunity. The book also contains information on Angel Island and its significance in history as well as an explanation of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101910089
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book On Gold Mountain written by Lisa See and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women, here is the true story of the one-hundred-year-odyssey of the author’s Chinese-American family, combining years of research with “fascinating family anecdotes, imaginative details, and the historical details of immigrant life” (Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club). "As engagingly readable as any novel." —Los Angeles Times Book Review 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. See’s family history encompasses secret marriages, entrepreneurial genius, romance, racism, and much more, as two distinctly different cultures meet in a new world in this “lovingly rendered…vivid tableau of a family and an era” (People).
Author : Willi Baum
Publisher : Random House Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780394837567
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (375 download)
Download or read book The Golden Mountain written by Willi Baum and published by Random House Trade. This book was released on 1978 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack and Pete sell their small farm and head west in search of adventure and gold.
Author : Simon Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain Guest written by Simon Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Partridge
Publisher : Puffin
ISBN 13 : 9780142500330
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Oranges on Golden Mountain written by Elizabeth Partridge and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister.
Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 : 166939669X
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (693 download)
Download or read book Summary of Lisa See's On Gold Mountain written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-04-30T22:59:00Z with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Fong Dun Shung was a herbalist who traveled from village to village teaching people about the importance of balancing their qi. He was given a free trip to the Gold Mountain, and his sons were promised jobs. #2 Fong Dun Shung was a Chinese doctor who helped the Chinese workers on the railroad when they got sick. He was ministering to a woman with boils when the scout asked if he would like to go to the Gold Mountain to help the Chinese laborers when they got sick. #3 Fong Dun Shung, traveling to Canton, China, in 1862, was one of the first Chinese merchants to go there and sell products to the Europeans. He was a successful Gold Mountain man, and he hoped to become the headman of his village. #4 When Fong Dun Shung and his two sons arrived in San Francisco, they were confused and lost. There were no immigration procedures or customs officials. They were told they would be met by someone, but they didn’t know who.
Author : Danielle D. Myers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Guests of the Gold Mountain written by Danielle D. Myers and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Desmond Chung
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Gold Mountain Guest : Teacher's Resource Guide written by Desmond Chung and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
