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On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family
by See, Lisa
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312119976
- ISBN 13
- 9780312119973
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: St Martins Pr, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. St Martins, New York, 1995. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition/ First printing with complete number line down to 1. Flat signed on title page. Now in archival mylar covered dust jacket, the volume is very stiff and solid. No markings except for small smudges on top of text block. Small push at top corner. Shelfwear on bottom. Jacket colorful and vibrant has tiny fold at top edge and at tips. This volume has a promotional Lisa See hand fan bookmark included. .
Synopsis
On Gold Mountain describes 100 years of author Lisa See’s family history, providing a complex portrait of her family’s hard work, suffering, failures and successes as they moved from China to the United States. Speaking of the Chinese side of her family, See has said: "Things were so fractured and wild at home ... But the weekends with my grandparents became the real center for me ... It was the side of the family I identified more with. It was fun, romantic, solid" .
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000260
- Title
- On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family
- Author
- See, Lisa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312119976
- ISBN 13
- 9780312119973
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Fiction China Immigration
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