The iron dragon
Subtitle: the courageous story of Lee Chin
By: Bonnie Pryor.
Series: Historical fiction adventures (HFA)
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766033894
Subjects: Chinese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction; Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction; Chinese -- United States -- Fiction; Chinese Americans -- Fiction; Emigration and immigration -- Fiction; Railroads -- Fiction; California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction; Fiction
Description: Teenager Lee Chin leaves China and goes to California to work on the transcontinental railroad, where he defies his father's wishes, saves his money to free his younger sister from slavery in China, and brings her to join him in order to begin a new life in America. Includes historical note about the Chinese who helped build the transcontinental railroad.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   )