by Ling Zhang
Faith Moonsang, First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 1999.
James Morton, In the Sea of Sterile Mountains. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas Ltd., 1974.
Stan Steiner, Fusang: The Chinese Who Built America. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1979.
Christine Welldon, Canadian Pacific Railway: Pon Git Cheng (Heritage Series). Laval: Grolier Limited, 1991.
Brandy Lien Worrall (editor), Finding Memories, Tracing Routes: Chinese Canadian Family Stories. Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, 2006.
Paul Yee, Ghost Train. Toronto: Groundwood, 1996.
Liping Zhu, A Chinaman’s Chance: The Chinese on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 1997.
Videos
Eunhee Cha, A Tribe of One. National Film Board of Canada, 2003.
Karen Cho, In the Shadow of Gold Mountain. National Film Board of Canada, 2004.
Jari Osborne and Karen King, Unwanted Soldiers. National Film Board of Canada, 1999.
Notes
1 One li is approximately one-third of a mile.
2 One mu is approximately 0.16 of an acre.
3 White Canadian
4 There is an old Chinese story about a good son who, in a desperate attempt to save his dying mother, decided to cut a piece of flesh from his own thigh to feed her, as a form of sacrifice. His filial piety moved Heaven and as a result, his mother was miraculously healed.