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Stories from a second home

August 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Celestials By Karen Shepard Tin House Books, 2013 In June 1870, Calvin Sampson hired 75 Chinese laborers in North Adams, Mass. to work at his factory. What the men didn’t know was that they were strikebreakers, or part of what Sampson called his “Chinese experiment.” The influx of […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2012, 2013, British Columbia, Calvin Sampson, Canada, Chinese Wyatt, Gold Mountain, Highland House Press, Idaho Territory, New England, North Adams, North American, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sand Creek Bridge, Sheriff Roger Langston, United States, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9

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