Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories (Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)

These ten original ghost stories dramatize the tumultuous history of 140 years of Chinese immigration to North America - from the poor village men who first cam searching for gold in the late 1850s to the new immigrants who arrived from Hong Kong in the wake of the Communist victory in China. As with the award-winning collection, Tales from Gold Mountain, Paul Yee's stories are fiction by told in the style of the traditional folktales that were shared with fellow men in the bachelor halls or with children and grandchildren at family banquets. But they are also ghost stories, a popular Chinese narrative form.
The characters in these stories are men and women, rich and poor, greedy and good, young and old - all Chinese immigrants struggling to make new lives for themselves in North America. Yet wherever they go, they are followed by reminders of their home country - the curse of a friend betrayed, the ghost of a faithful spouse, the spirit of a dead parent.
Accompanied by eerie, evocative plates by award-winning illustrator Harvey Chan, these tales provide young readers with a New World mythology of immigrant stories.

General

Imprint:	Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	December 2003
First published:	July 2004
Authors:	Paul Yee
Illustrators:	Harvey Chan
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	112
Edition:	First Trade Paper Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-88899-587-2
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > General Promotions
LSN:	0-88899-587-3
Barcode:	9780888995872

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!