THE JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG: A Chinese Miner.

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THE JOURNAL OF WONG MING-CHUNG: A Chinese Chinese, subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (see Sino-Tibetan languages), which is also sometimes grouped with the Tai, or Thai, languages in a Sinitic subfamily of the Sino-Tibetan language stock. Miner. ISBN ISBN
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ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-590-38607-7. New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : Scholastic, 2000. 195 pp. $10.95. In a personal journal about his first year in America, Wong Ming-Chung describes his adopted country as being both lovely and frightening. This young Chinese boy risks dangerous travel conditions to come to America in search of fortune during the gold rush of the early 1850s. Sent by his family, he joins his uncle and quickly learns that America is a land of opportunity for those who are able to endure prejudice and abuse, as well as the hardships of mining for gold. Ages 9-12. Reviewed by Joseph E. McSparran, Kutztown University of PA

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Title Annotation:	Review
Author:	McSparran, Joseph E.
Publication:	Childhood Education
Article Type:	Book Review
Date:	Dec 22, 2000
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