Tong: The Story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's Quiet Titan

by Ernest G. Perrault

In an era when streetcars wound their way down Vancouver's streets, a ferry linked the cash-strapped municipality of West Vancouver to the city, and the Vancouver School Board was pushing for racially segregated schools, Hok Yat Louie was teaching his eight-year-old son Tong how to write invoices at his grocery stand. Because of the political climate of the day, doing business in British Columbia was not easy for Hok Yat Louie or his sons - especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155017231X
• ISBN13: 9781550172317
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Harbour Publishing
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.3" x 10.3"