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Lisa See Interview – Chinese Railroad Workers in North America

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Interviewee: Lisa See (Great-great-granddaughter of Fong See) Interviewed by: Connie Young Yu, Barre Fong Interview Date: May 12, 2015 Location: Brentwood, California Length of Interview: 53 minutes, 39 seconds Transcript: Lisa See: My name is Lisa See and I’m a writer; I write about the Chinese-American experience. I started writing first about my own Chinese-American family but then I’ve sort of broadened that to write began writing fiction and about the Chinese-American experience and a lot about China as well. Barre Fong: Tell me about your great-great grandfather. See: My great-great grandfather was an herbalist in South China. He wasn’t an herbalist like you think of today. He would put down mat and do some acrobatic tricks with his sons. He was more like a–may I say like a snake-oil salesman. They were very very poor. He came over to work on the building of the transcontinental railroad. He was hired as an herbalist. So if you think about that time, there were western doctors he

← Main Interviews Page Lisa See Great-great-granddaughter of Fong See Interviewee: Lisa See (Great-great-granddaughter of Fong See) Interviewed by: Connie Young Yu, Barre Fong Interview Date: May 12, 2015 Location: Brentwood, California Length of Interview: 53 minutes, 39 seconds Introduction to Lisa See / Employment of Great-great-grandfather and Great-grandfather Transcript: Lisa See: My name is Lisa See and I’m a writer; I write about the Chinese-American experience. I started writing first about my own Chinese-American family but then I’ve sort of broadened that to write began

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