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Wooden Fish Songs
Wooden Fish Songs
Author: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
"Wooden fish songs" were the laments sung by Chinese women left behind by husbands, sons, and brothers who, in the nineteenth century, sailed to America in quest of the good life - and found instead years of indentured servitude and racial discrimination. This novel focuses on Lue Gim Gong, a real-life Chinese pioneer, who seized the opp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780295987149
ISBN-10: 0295987146
Publication Date: 9/30/2007
Pages: 385
Edition: 1st University of Wa
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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