On Gold Mountain
by Lisa See /
2012 / English / EPUB, Mobipocket
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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.
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.
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.
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.