Blood and iron
Subtitle: building the railway
By: by Paul Yee
Series: I am Canada; I am Canada
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780545985932
Subjects: History; Canadian Pacific Railway Company; Chinese; Chinois; Juvenile fiction; Histoire; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Fiction
Description: "Heen is younger than most Chinese workers when he travels to Canada to help build the railway there. He has no choice, for his father's and grandfather's gambling debts spell ruin for his family. Despite his age, he must work as hard as the other men ... and face the same dangers."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references: p. 231.