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Other editions of book On Gold Mountain

  • On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

    Lisa See, Kate Reading, Random House Audio

    Audible Audiobook (Random House Audio, March 1, 2011)
    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. The result is a vivid, sweeping family portrait in the tradition of Alex Haley's Roots that is at once particular and universal, telling the story not only of one family, but of the Chinese people in America itself, a country that both welcomes and reviles immigrants like no other culture in the world. On Gold Mountain was a national best seller and a New York Times Notable Book.
  • On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

    Lisa See

    eBook (Vintage, Aug. 20, 2014)
    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.
  • On Gold Mountain 1st

    Lisa See

    Hardcover
    "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 that prohibited unions between the races. And Lisa herself grew up playing in her family's antiques store in LA's Chinatown, listening to stories of missionaries and prostitutes, movie stars and all Chinese baseball teams. Out of these stories and years of research she has constructed a sweeping chronicle of a Chinese-American family on "Gold Mountain". Encompassing racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries. On Gold Mountain is a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world, beautifully written and abounding with intimate recognitions."
  • On Gold Mountain

    Lisa See

    Paperback (Random House, March 15, 1999)
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  • On Gold Mountain: The 100 Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

    Lisa See

    Library Binding (Bt Bound, Oct. 15, 1999)
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