On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family Book

Lisa See, daughter of novelist Carolyn See, brings a novelist's skill to this sprawling ancestral history. Books tracing the roots of overseas Chinese writers are not uncommon these days, but See uncovered in her family tree a capsule history of the Sino-American diaspora: her great-grandfather, Fong See, founded a California business, married a Caucasian woman and fathered many offspring, and returned periodically to China to redistribute some of his wealth and launch another family. See, a Publishers Weekly writer, has conducted extensive interviews and drawn on family lore for an enthralling saga of ambition, prejudice, love, loyalty, and sorrow--social history at its best.Read More

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  • Product Description

    Documenting the history of her own Chinese-American family, a journalist shares the results of five years of research, including interviews with nearly one hundred Chinese and Caucasian relatives, in a story of acceptance and discrimination. 85,000 first printing. $85,000 ad/promo. Tour.

  • 0312119976
  • 9780312119973
  • Lisa See
  • 1 August 1995
  • St Martins Pr
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 394
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