Dead Man's Gold: And Other Stories

by Paul Yee

Book Overview

These ten original ghost stories dramatize the history of Chinese immigration to North America -- from the poor village men who first came searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in the wake of the Cultural Revolution. These stories describe the resilience and struggle of people trying to make new lives for themselves in a strange land. But these are also ghost stories, a popular narrative form in China...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888995873
• ISBN13: 9780888995872
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 11 years and under
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 6