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Synopsis
See, the West Coast columnist for "Publisher's Weekly," spent five years collecting the details of her family's history. She interviewed close to 100 relatives, and researched documents at the National Archives, Immigration Offices, and from personal collections in order to accurately present the story of her Chinese-American origins.
| Size | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 28.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"In her first book, Lisa See...tackles a family--her own--whose intricate genealogy, bravura entrepreneurship, bitter adulteries and perdurable rivalries might have intimidated a lesser chronicler into euphemism. It's terrific stuff."
New York Times Book Review - Elizabeth Tallent (08/27/1995)
"...she reveals, in all its bizarre but true detail, the immigrant experience of coming to a land of wealth from a land of poverty, of re-creating one's identity and of establishing a family at the intersection of two cultures....the book is an impressive historical achievement."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Monua Janah (08/13/1995)
"A comprehensive and exhaustively researched account of a Chinese-American family....a noteworthy presentation of an extraordinary cast of characters."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Zilpha Keatley Snyder (07/23/1995)
"The authenticity of 'On Gold Mountain' lies in its evocative portrait of a time gone by."
Washington Post Book World - Denise Chong (08/20/1995)
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