Thousand Pieces Gold Author:Ruthanne Lum Mccunn, Ruthanne Lum Mccunn This masterful biographical novel—which has sold more than 100,000 copies—tells the true life story of Lalu Nathoy, a young Chinese girl sold into slavery in 1871 by her poverty-stricken family and auctioned off in the American West. McCunn tells the gripping tale of how Lalu struggled out of servitude to achieve a life of freedom an... more »d dignity as a pioneer woman.
"A valuable book that gives Chinese Americans another true heroine."
A great book for anyone but especially those of us with Chinese backgrounds to learn what those who came before us endured to bring us to this new and exciting land.