{"id":7485,"date":"1997-03-01T15:30:42","date_gmt":"1997-03-01T19:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:35:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:35:01","slug":"on-gold-mountain-the-one-hundred-year-odyssey-of-a-chinese-american-family-by-lisa-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/on-gold-mountain-the-one-hundred-year-odyssey-of-a-chinese-american-family-by-lisa-see\/","title":{"rendered":"On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family by Lisa See [in What Do I Read Next? 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The Fong See family history, spanning over a century, is filled with colorful stories of immigrants, multiple wives, concubines, interracial marriages, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Through telling her family\u2019s story, See also provides a historical context of the Chinese American experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tidbit<\/strong>: Our <a href=\"http:\/\/apa.si.edu\/\">Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program<\/a> presented an exhibit based on the Fong See family history. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apa.si.edu\/ongoldmountain\/\">here to check it out<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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