title: Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America
author:  David H.T. Wong 
description: The tortuous path to assimilation taken by Chinese immigrants to North America over the last 150 years is movingly depicted in this graphic novel relating the story of the fictional but representative Wong family. The saga begins in 1845 when Wong Ah Gin stows away on a ship bound for San Francisco. Other Chinese, including members of the Wong clan, follow in his tracks to work on the Transcontinental Railroad; but once thats completed theyre seen as economic competitors, leading to the racist Chinese Exclusion Act, which prompts many to move to Canada or elsewhere (Ah Gin heads for China, where he teaches English to Sun Yat Sen). The story follows subsequent Wong generations as they work in fisheries, open restaurants, fight in WWII, and become lawyers and physicians. Some readers might find the rough-hewn drawings and one-dimensional characterizations unnuanced, but the directness will appeal to teens who are likely to be unfamiliar with the history. While the work may be artistically blunt, it resoundingly succeeds as an educational and inspirational effort. Grades 8-12. --Gordon Flagg
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  # The Purple Land
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### W. H. Hudson
  
  
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  PREFACE
  
  
  CHAPTER II
  
  
  CHAPTER III
  
  
  CHAPTER IV
  
  
  CHAPTER V
  
  
  CHAPTER VI
  
  
  CHAPTER VII
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII
  
  
  CHAPTER IX
  
  
  CHAPTER X
  
  
  CHAPTER XI
  
  
  CHAPTER XII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XV
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX
  
  
  CHAPTER XX
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVI
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXVIII
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIX
  
  
  HISTORY OF THE BANDA ORIENTAL
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Eric Eldred, Charles Franks
  
  
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  [Illustration: RICHARD]
  
  
  THE PURPLE LAND
  
  
  Being the Narrative of One Richard Lamb's Adventures in The Banda
  
  
  Oriental, in South America, as Told By Himself
  
  
  BY
  
  
  W. H. Hudson
  
  
  ILLUSTRATED BY
  
  
  Keith Henderson
  
  
  
  
  
  Second Edition, 1904
  
  
  NEW YORK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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