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Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre

By Livia Blackburne
Illustrators Illustrated by Nicole Xu Edition

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Publisher Lerner Imprint Carolrhoda ISBN

9798765627228

Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown Massacre

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In the mid-1800s, a wave of Chinese immigrants traveled to the West Coast of the United States. They were following rumors of Gold Mountain, a land rich with treasure for all who came. When gold proved elusive, they began to seek their fortunes in other ways―as doctors and launderers, as cooks and musicians.



A number of Chinese immigrants settled in Los Angeles, California. It was a rough, occasionally lawless city, and newspapers routinely published anti-Chinese articles, fueling sparks of hatred. On the night of October 24, 1871, the city exploded in violence. In the ensuing massacre, eighteen Chinese men were killed, their dreams turned to ashes.

New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne and illustrator Nicole Xu illuminate a tragic episode in our nation’s past in the hope that future generations can move toward a brighter tomorrow.
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