On Gold Mountain: the one-hundred-year odyssey of my Chinese-American family
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Published:
New York : Vintage Books, 1996.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition.
Physical Desc:
xxi, 394 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
0307950395, 9780307950390, 0679768521, 9780679768524

Notes

General Note
Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press,1995.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-394).
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 and Chinese baseball teams. See's family history encompasses secret marriages, entrepreneurial genius, romance, racism, and much more, as two distinctly different cultures meet in a new world in this "lovingly rendered...vivid tableau of a family and an era" (People).

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APA Citation (style guide)

See, L. (1996). On Gold Mountain: the one-hundred-year odyssey of my Chinese-American family. First Vintage Books edition. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

See, Lisa. 1996. On Gold Mountain: The One-hundred-year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. Vintage Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

See, Lisa, On Gold Mountain: The One-hundred-year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. Vintage Books, 1996.

MLA Citation (style guide)

See, Lisa. On Gold Mountain: The One-hundred-year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. First Vintage Books edition. Vintage Books, 1996.

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