On Gold Mountain

the one hundred year odyssey of my Chinese-American family

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • asian americans
  • authors, biography
  • biography
  • california, biography
  • chinese americans
  • chinezen
  • families
  • family
  • immigranten
  • new york times bestseller
  • nyt:paperback_nonfiction=2012-02-25
  • race relations
  • social conditions