On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

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Author: Lisa See

ISBN-10: 0679768521

ISBN-13: 9780679768524

Category: Peoples & Cultures - Biography

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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. Publishers Weekly This account of a Chinese family's adventures in America over the course of a century offers a tapestry of immigrant life. (Sept.)