Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region [Hardcover]

Sandy Lydon (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 550 pages
• Publisher: Capitola Book Co; First Edition edition (September 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932319009
• ISBN-13: 978-0932319005
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,219,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story of ingenuity and survival in America, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region (Paperback)

This GREAT BOOK is must for people interested in California, American and Asian/American history . Sandy Lydon has done extensive research on the Chinese in the Monterey Bay area in the late 1800's. This book documents a very important era in Chinese American history. Truly enlightening, interesting and informative.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Best, January 3, 2009

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M. S. Brown "MelB" (Oak Hill, Tx.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region (Hardcover)

Despite the profound ignorance of dim bulbs like the not so wizened guy, this is indeed a fine work of scholarship. Sandy Lydon, "the History Dude" is a master historian and any one of his books from Capitola Press has contributed more to America's documented heritage than most of us ever might hope to do in a book. So all you insomniacs out there who want to be rewarded by learning some fascinating California history, pick up a copy of Chinese Gold or any of Sandy's fine books like The Japanese in the Monterey Bay Region: A Brief History. For the numb skulls who prefer sleeping their lives away, please don't read any of his books and you can be even more ignorant than you already are.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great story of ingenuity and survival in America, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region (Paperback)

This GREAT BOOK is must for people interested in California, American and Asian/American history . Sandy Lydon has done extensive research on the Chinese in the Monterey Bay area in the late 1800's. This book documents a very important era in Chinese American history. Truly enlightening, interesting and informative.