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The Journal of Wong Ming-chung: A Chinese Miner (My Name Is America)
The Journal of Wong Mingchung A Chinese Miner - My Name Is America Author:Laurence Yep A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush., The fictional diary of Wong Ming-Chung, a 10-year-old Chinese immigrant living in 1852 California. Along with his Uncle Stone, Wong Ming-Chung hopes to strike it rich as a gold m... more »iner. However, Wong Ming-Chung and Stone quickly learn that gold mining is not a road to easy wealth but, rather, backbreaking labor that yields very little beyond what they are obliged to turn over to the mine owners« less