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
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
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."-- Provided by publisher
