The Golden Mountain

Author : Betty G. Yee
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1728451019
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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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 : Willi Baum
Publisher : Random House Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780394837567
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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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 : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101910089
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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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 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Lisa See
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780099409823
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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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 : 4.73/5 ( download)

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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 : Paul Yee
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 155498243X
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from Gold Mountain written by Paul Yee and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Irene Kai
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780974489001
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Mountain written by Irene Kai and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reliable phrasebook Essential words and phrases organized by topic: " Meeting people " Accommodations " Transportation " Food and drink " Shopping " Health " Sightseeing ... and more PLUS: " Easy-to-use pronunciation system " Easy-to-understand mini grammar " Alphabetically arranged dictionary

Author : David H. T. Wong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781551524764
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape to Gold Mountain written by David H. T. Wong and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic graphic novel about the experience of Chinese immigrants in North America over the past 150 years.

Author : Easurk Emsen Charr
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252065132
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Mountain written by Easurk Emsen Charr and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charr tells eloquently of his difficulties in becoming a naturalized citizen, even after serving in the army, of his sergeant's encouragement of his quest for citizenship, his return to San Francisco and a job in a cousin's barbershop during the Depression, and of the American Legion's help when his Korean-born wife was threatened with deportation proceedings after her student visa expired. After becoming a naturalized citizen, Charr took the civil service examination and, for the remainder of his working life, was employed by the U.S. government, first in Nevada and then in Portland, Oregon. The introduction and annotations by Wayne Patterson provide a broader perspective on both Charr and the Korean immigrant experience.

Author : Laurence Yep
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064406679
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountain Light written by Laurence Yep and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-02-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their families fought one another for generations, maintaining an age-old blood feud. But that changed when they found themselves on the same side of a new struggle against the tyrannical Manchu dynasty. By devoting himself fully to the revolution, Squeaky Lau wins Cassia's trust -- and her heart. But winning Cassia's love is not enough. Now Squeaky must prove his worth as a man -- to Cassia, to his villa village, and most importantly, to himself. And the only way he can do that is by giving up everything he has worked for and traveling to the Land of the Golden Mountain, the place foreign demons call America.