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Title details for Ghosts of Gold Mountain by Gordon H. Chang - Available

Ghosts of Gold Mountain

The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

by Gordon H. Chang
David Shih
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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.

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  • Release date

    May 7, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781684572915
      • File size: 284097 KB
      • Duration: 09:51:52

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator David Shih does a remarkable job with this audiobook about the contributions of Chinese immigrants in the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad. His deep, gentle voice is inviting, and he urges us to keep listening by pacing himself well and enunciating clearly. Shih gives Chang's story depth and heft by accentuating the trials these workers were forced to undergo. His understated approach underscores the humanity of the story, reminding us that we owe a significant accomplishment in our history to people most Americans at the time demonized as people who could not possibly become American. The story of the transcontinental railroad is familiar to many; this audiobook will serve to make that story more complete. R.I.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine

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