On Gold Mountain : The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
By Lisa SeeWhen she was a girl, Lisa See spent summers in the cool, dark recesses of her family's antiques store in Los Angeles's Chinatown. There, her grand-mother and great-aunt told her intriguing, colorful 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; how his son followed him, married a Caucasian woman, and despite great odds, went on to become one of the most prominent Chinese on "Gold Mountain" (the Chinese name for the United States). As an adult, See spent five years collecting the details of her family's remarkable history. She interviewed nearly one hundred relatives - both Chinese and Caucasian, rich and poor - and pored over documents at the National Archives, the immigration office, and in countless attics, basements, and closets for the intimate nuances of her ancestors' lives.
Book details
- Paperback
- 300 pages
- English
- 0679768521
- 9780679768524
About Lisa See
lisa see is a chinese-american author. her books include snow flower and the secret fan (2005), dragon bones, and on gold mountain. she Read More about Lisa See
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