Title |
Bitter melon : : stories from the last rural Chinese town in America
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Names |
Gillenkirk, Jeff.
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Motlow, James.
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Chan, Sucheng.
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Book Number |
DBC25111
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Title Status |
Download Only
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Locke, a rural town nestled against the Sacramento River, was inhabited exclusively by a Chinese population before the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Presented are thirteen oral histories from modern descendants that occupy the houses and businesses of this all-Chinese town. Californiana Collection.
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Narrator |
Cherry, John.
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Local Subject |
History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History - History of the American West - HUSW
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Californiana Collection - CAC
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California history - CAH
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Chinese Americans - California - Locke - History
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Locke (Calif.) - History
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Call Number |
979.453 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1987
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Publication Info |
Sacramento : Braille and Talking Book Library, California State Library, 1987
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c1987.
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