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On Gold Mountain : the one-hundred-year odyssey of my Chinese-American family / Lisa See.
In 1867, I is a 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. Book jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307950390 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xxi, 402 p., [30] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "With a new epilogue by the author"--P. 4 of cover. Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press,1995 and Vintage Books, 1996. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-402). |
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| Subject: | See, Lisa > Family. Seay family Chinese Americans > California > Biography California > Biography |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Adams Public Library | AF See (Text) | 37810000046747 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
