For Gold and Blood - readers
Chinese-Americans
Hopes and Dreams series
An 80-page reader for
Level: Beginning Readers
Middle School to Adult
Samples
A Sample of the text
The Free teacher resource supplement
Audio Sample — Audio CD 별매
1. Leaving Home
Here is the brief story summary
For Gold and Blood tells the story of two Chinese brothers, Soo and Ping Lee, who, like many Chinese immigrants, left their home in China to go to California in 1851. They hoped to strike it rich in the Gold Rush and send money back to their family. In the gold fields, they make a big strike but are cheated out of it. After 12 years of prospecting, they split up. Soo joins the Chinese workers who build the Central Pacific Railroad, while Ping opens a laundry in San Francisco. With little to show for his work, Soo also goes to San Francisco. Both men face prejudice and violence. In time they join rival factions in the community of Chinatown, Ping with one of the Chinese Six Families and Soo with a secret, illegal society called a tong. The story ends after the 1906 earthquake. This dramatic historical novel portrays the complicated lives of typical immigrants from China and many other countries.
Contents
1. Leaving Home ... 1
2. Finding Gold ... 6
3. Moving On ... 13
4. The Railroad ... 19
5. San Francisco ... 26
6. Two Lives ... 33
7. Trouble in the City ... 38
8. The Laundry ... 44
9. Family ... 48
10. The Flower Girl ... 54
11. Big Changes ... 58
12. War and Peace ... 62
13. Glossary ... 69
For Gold and Blood - Audio CD
Chinese-Americans
Hopes and Dreams series
An 80-page reader for
Level: Beginning Readers
Middle School to Adult
Audio Sample
1. Leaving Home
For Gold and Blood - readers
Chinese-Americans
Hopes and Dreams series
An 80-page reader for
Level: Beginning Readers
Middle School to Adult
Samples
A Sample of the text
The Free teacher resource supplement
Audio Sample — Audio CD 별매
1. Leaving Home
Here is the brief story summary
For Gold and Blood tells the story of two Chinese brothers, Soo and Ping Lee, who, like many Chinese immigrants, left their home in China to go to California in 1851. They hoped to strike it rich in the Gold Rush and send money back to their family. In the gold fields, they make a big strike but are cheated out of it. After 12 years of prospecting, they split up. Soo joins the Chinese workers who build the Central Pacific Railroad, while Ping opens a laundry in San Francisco. With little to show for his work, Soo also goes to San Francisco. Both men face prejudice and violence. In time they join rival factions in the community of Chinatown, Ping with one of the Chinese Six Families and Soo with a secret, illegal society called a tong. The story ends after the 1906 earthquake. This dramatic historical novel portrays the complicated lives of typical immigrants from China and many other countries.
Contents
1. Leaving Home ... 1
2. Finding Gold ... 6
3. Moving On ... 13
4. The Railroad ... 19
5. San Francisco ... 26
6. Two Lives ... 33
7. Trouble in the City ... 38
8. The Laundry ... 44
9. Family ... 48
10. The Flower Girl ... 54
11. Big Changes ... 58
12. War and Peace ... 62
13. Glossary ... 69
For Gold and Blood - Audio CD
Chinese-Americans
Hopes and Dreams series
An 80-page reader for
Level: Beginning Readers
Middle School to Adult
Audio Sample
1. Leaving Home