Voices from the railroad : stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers / / edited by Sue Lee & Connie Young Yu ; contributors, Gene O. Chan, Montgomery Hom, Carolyn G. Kuhn, Sandra K. Lee, Paulette Liang, Russell N. Low, Vicki Tong Young, Andrea Yee, Connie Young Yu.
Description: 95 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ;
Summary: ""Voices from the railroad : stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers" reveal the stories of Chinese railroad workers and their descendants. These stories have never been told outside of their families: until now. Learn about Chin Lin Sou, Hung Lai Woh, Jim King, Lim Lip Hong, Lee Ling & Lee Yik Gim, Lee Wong Sang, Lum Ah Chew, Mock Chuck, & Moy Jin Mun, workers of the Central Pacific Railroad. No longer nameless, faceless workers lost to history, their stories will shatter misconceptions about the Chinese who helped build America."--
Contents: Introduction / Sue Lee -- Discovering my great-grandfather Moy Jin Mun / Montgomery Hom -- Chin Lin Sou : Colorado pioneer / Carolyn G. Kuhn -- Jim King, foreman of the Central Pacific / Gene O. Chan, with Connie Young Yu -- Family history of Lum Ah Chew / Paulette Liang -- Mock Chuck : a golden treasure / Vicki Tong Young -- The pioneering legacy of my great-grandfather, Hung Lai Woh / Russell N. Low -- Lim Lip Hong : an Indomitable pioneer / Andrea Yee -- Lee Ling & Lee Yik Gim : my roots as a railroad worker descendant / Sandra K. Lee -- Lee Wong Sang, Laying tracks to follow / Connie Young Yu -- Afterword / Connie Young Yu.
Subject: Foreign workers, Chinese -- History -- 19th century.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- Biography.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genre: Biographies.
Added Author: Lee, Sue, editor.
Yu, Connie Young, editor, contributor.
Chan, Gene O., contributor
Hom, Montgomery, contributor.
Kuhn, Carolyn G., contributor
Lee, Sandra K., contributor
Liang, Paulette, contributor
Low, Russell N., contributor
Young, Vicki Tong, contributor
Yee, Andrea, contributor
Description: 95 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ;
Summary: ""Voices from the railroad : stories by descendants of Chinese railroad workers" reveal the stories of Chinese railroad workers and their descendants. These stories have never been told outside of their families: until now. Learn about Chin Lin Sou, Hung Lai Woh, Jim King, Lim Lip Hong, Lee Ling & Lee Yik Gim, Lee Wong Sang, Lum Ah Chew, Mock Chuck, & Moy Jin Mun, workers of the Central Pacific Railroad. No longer nameless, faceless workers lost to history, their stories will shatter misconceptions about the Chinese who helped build America."--
Contents: Introduction / Sue Lee -- Discovering my great-grandfather Moy Jin Mun / Montgomery Hom -- Chin Lin Sou : Colorado pioneer / Carolyn G. Kuhn -- Jim King, foreman of the Central Pacific / Gene O. Chan, with Connie Young Yu -- Family history of Lum Ah Chew / Paulette Liang -- Mock Chuck : a golden treasure / Vicki Tong Young -- The pioneering legacy of my great-grandfather, Hung Lai Woh / Russell N. Low -- Lim Lip Hong : an Indomitable pioneer / Andrea Yee -- Lee Ling & Lee Yik Gim : my roots as a railroad worker descendant / Sandra K. Lee -- Lee Wong Sang, Laying tracks to follow / Connie Young Yu -- Afterword / Connie Young Yu.
Subject: Foreign workers, Chinese -- History -- 19th century.
Railroad construction workers -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- History -- 19th century.
Chinese Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Railroads -- United States -- Employees -- History -- 19th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Chinese Americans -- Biography.
China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century.
Genre: Biographies.
Added Author: Lee, Sue, editor.
Yu, Connie Young, editor, contributor.
Chan, Gene O., contributor
Hom, Montgomery, contributor.
Kuhn, Carolyn G., contributor
Lee, Sandra K., contributor
Liang, Paulette, contributor
Low, Russell N., contributor
Young, Vicki Tong, contributor
Yee, Andrea, contributor