Title: Canadian Pacific Railway
First published: 1990
Description: This book shows a carefully organized and well researched history of the Chinese Canadians who built the railway across Western Canada. It features the life of Pon Git Cheng, a worker who left his homeland for Gold Mountain to experience the hardships of the Chinese labour camps in B.C. It is designed for ages 12 and up and is approved for use in Ontario schools. It contains a Table of Contents, an Index, and archival photographs of the railway and those who helped to build it.
Subjects: Alien labor, Chinese, Biography, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Chinese, Chinese Alien labor, History, Juvenile literature, Railroad construction workers
Places: British Columbia, Western Canada
People: Git Cheng Pon, Pon Git Cheng
Time periods: 1860's