On Gold Mountain (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Lisa See
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: History; biography
- Time of Work: 1867-1994
- Setting: Principally Sacramento and Los Angeles, California; Dimtao and Fatsun (Foshan), China
- Principal Characters: Fong Dun Shung, Fong See, Letticie (Ticie) Pruett See, Eddy (Ming Quan) See, Stella Copeland See, Sissee (Jun Oy) See, Richard See, Carolyn Laws, Lisa See
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, History, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Depression, economic, California, West, U.S., Asian Americans, China or Chinese people, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA, China, Sacramento, CA
Lisa See’s history of her Chinese-American ancestry revolves around the powerful personality of her entrepreneurial great-grandfather Fong See, whose arrival in California in 1871 led to the founding of numerous successful businesses that ultimately enriched not only the offspring of the two families he established in the United States but also the peasants of his native Chinese village. In the process of illuminating Fong See’s life, the author sketches in the social and political histories of the two nations between which Fong See repeatedly traveled in the course of his nearly...
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