For use in schools and libraries only. The story of one Chinese boy's transition to a new life in late-nineteenth-century California.

When hard times fall on his family, Jo Lee is sent from China to San Francisco, where he helps his uncle fish and dreams of being reunited with his mother and sister.

Charr tells eloquently of his difficulties in becoming a naturalized citizen, even after serving in the army, of his sergeant's encouragement of his quest for citizenship, his return to San Francisco and a job in a cousin's barbershop during the Depression, and of the American Legion's help when his Korean-born wife was threatened with deportation proceedings after her student visa expired. After becoming a naturalized citizen, Charr took the civil service examination and, for the remainder of his working life, was employed by the U.S. government, first in Nevada and then in Portland, Oregon. The introduction and annotations by Wayne Patterson provide a broader perspective on both Charr and the Korean immigrant experience.

This is a collection of tales of the Eastern European Hassidic Jews, centering on the holy men Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlaw. Whilst having elements of folk tales, these magical stories of the Hassidic rabbis are also encoded with deeper spiritual levels of meaning and traditions. Stories include: Before He Was Born; Israel and the Enemy; The Book of Mysteries; The Secret Marriage; The Bride in her Grave; Rabbi Israel and the Sorcerer; Two Souls; The Standing Sheep; The Mad Dancers; Rabbi Israel and the Horse; The Burning Tree; The Water-Spirit; The Rich Man; The Trial of Rabbi Gershon; Rabbi Israel's Daughter; Prayer; Thrice He Laughed; The Burning of the Torah; The Boy's Song; The Wandering in Heaven; The Prophecy of the New Year; The False Messiah; The Holy Land; His Torah; After the Death; The Book of Mysteries; The Dynasty; The Lost Princess; The Broken Betrothal; The Cripple; The Bull and the Ram; The Prince; The Spider and the Fly; The Rabbi's Son; The Sage and the Simpleton; The King's Son and the Servant's Son; The Wind that Overturned the World; and, The Seven Beggars

Working on the Transcontinental Railroad promises a fortune—for those who survive. Growing up in 1860s China, Tam Ling Fan has lived a life of comfort. Her father is wealthy enough to provide for his family but unconventional enough to spare Ling Fan from the debilitating foot-binding required of most well-off girls. But Ling Fan’s life is upended when her brother dies of influenza and their father is imprisoned under false accusations. Hoping to earn the money that will secure her father’s release, Ling Fan disguises herself as a boy and takes her brother’s contract to work for the Central Pacific Railroad Company in America. Life on “the Gold Mountain” is grueling and dangerous. To build the railroad that will connect the west coast to the east, Ling Fan and other Chinese laborers lay track and blast tunnels through the treacherous peaks of the Sierra Nevada, facing cave-ins, avalanches, and blizzards—along with hostility from white Americans. When someone threatens to expose Ling Fan’s secret, she must take an even greater risk to save what’s left of her family . . . and to escape the Gold Mountain alive.