Ghosts of Gold Mountain
Read by
David Shih
Release:
05/07/2019
Release:
05/07/2019
Release:
05/07/2019
Release:
05/07/2019
Runtime:
9h 52m
Runtime:
9h 52m
Runtime:
9h 52m
Quantity:
“This epic account will stand as the definitive history of how Chinese laborers, including members of my own family, did monumental work under some of the most difficult physical circumstances imaginable on a project that would eventually transform our country. Fascinating and heart-breaking, Ghosts of Gold Mountain is a must read.”
Lisa See, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in History of Railroads
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A groundbreaking, breathtaking history of the Chinese workers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, helping to forge modern America only to disappear into the shadows of history until now.
From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would suffer a different kind of death—a historical one, as they were pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory.
In this groundbreaking account, award-winning scholar Gordon H. Chang draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers' stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, The Ghosts of Gold Mountain returns these "silent spikes" to their rightful place in our national saga.
From across the sea, they came by the thousands, escaping war and poverty in southern China to seek their fortunes in America. Converging on the enormous western worksite of the Transcontinental Railroad, the migrants spent years dynamiting tunnels through the snow-packed cliffs of the Sierra Nevada and laying tracks across the burning Utah desert. Their sweat and blood fueled the ascent of an interlinked, industrial United States. But those of them who survived this perilous effort would suffer a different kind of death—a historical one, as they were pushed first to the margins of American life and then to the fringes of public memory.
In this groundbreaking account, award-winning scholar Gordon H. Chang draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers' stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, The Ghosts of Gold Mountain returns these "silent spikes" to their rightful place in our national saga.
Release:
2019-05-07
2019-05-07
2019-05-07
2019-05-07
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
9h 52m
9h 52m
9h 52m
9h 52m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.7 lb
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0.7 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781684572915
9781665123679
9781665123662
9781684572908
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