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On Gold Mountain

The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

By Lisa See

By Lisa See

By Lisa See

By Lisa See

By Lisa See
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By Lisa See
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Paperback $16.95

Feb 07, 2012 | 464 Pages

Ebook $11.99

Aug 20, 2014 | 464 Pages

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Mar 01, 2011 | 1080 Minutes

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    About On Gold Mountain

    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.  

    About On Gold Mountain

    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.

    About On Gold Mountain

    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.

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    Also by Lisa See

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    Flower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones: Three Red Princess Mysteries
    Shanghai Girls and Dreams of Joy: Two Bestselling Novels
    Dreams of Joy
    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition)
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    About Lisa See

    Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls, Dreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the… More about Lisa See

    About Lisa See

    Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls, Dreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the… More about Lisa See

    About Lisa See

    Lisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of China Dolls, Dreams of Joy, Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Flower Net (an Edgar Award nominee), The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the… More about Lisa See

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | 19th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 07, 2012 | 464 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307950390

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | 19th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 20, 2014 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9781101910085

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | 19th Century U.S. History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Mar 01, 2011 | 1080 Minutes | ISBN 9780307943927

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    Praise

    “Lovingly rendered. . . . A vivid tableau of a family and an era.” –People

    “Terrific stuff. . . . The See family’s adventures would be incredible if On Gold Mountain were fiction.” –The New York Times Book Review

    “Weaves together fascinating family anecdotes, imaginative details, and the historical details of immigrant life. . . . Enviably entertaining.” –Amy Tan

    “Astonishing. . . . as engagingly readable as any novel. . . . comprehensive and exhaustively researched.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review

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