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1. On Gold Mountain: the one-hundred-year odyssey of my Chinese-American family

Author:

See, Lisa

Average Rating:

2 stars

Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

Available Copies	Location	Call Number
0 of 1	Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction	929 SEE
1 of 1	Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction	929 SEE
1 of 1	Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction	929 SEE
1 of 1	North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction	929 SEE

Pub. Date

Edition

Publisher

Physical Desc.

Availability

1996

First Vintage Books edition

Vintage Books

xxi, 394 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

Morrisville Community - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

929 SEE

More Info

Description:

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...