{"product_id":"the-chinese-boy-an-orphan-child-raised-in-a-california-gold-rush-town-paperback","title":"The Chinese Boy: An Orphan Child Raised in a California Gold Rush Town - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBonnie Osborn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKevin Knauss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaleb Gibbons is handed a Chinese baby after the Chinese father is killed at a gold mining camp on the river. Caleb and his wife Ruth Anne raise the Chinese boy for 12 years until a Chinese woman arrives and claims she is the child's mother. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the early 1860s, outside of Sacramento, the Gibbons live in an isolated California Gold Rush mining town. The Chinese baby is near death and Ruth Anne, who is new to California, ventures to an Indian village to find a mother who can nurse the child back to health. Over the next decade, Caleb and Ruth Anne care for the Chinese boy as their own son. Ruth Anne encounters prejudice and support in her small town on the river while caring for the Chinese boy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the Chinese boy is taken from her and given to the Chinese woman, who claims to be the mother, Ruth Anne spirals into suicidal depression. A smart and ingenious boy, he finds a way to escape back to his home with Caleb and Ruth Anne. His return is only temporary as the sheriff returns and takes the Chinese boy back to Sacramento to live with the Chinese woman. Ruth Anne travels to Sacramento and works with an old acquaintance to secrete the boy onto a train to San Francisco and a safe environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause Caleb and Ruth Anne fear the boy's location may be found out by the Chinese woman, they never try to communicate with him. The Chinese boy, now a grown man, finds his way back to gold mining region to reunite with Caleb and Ruth Anne. Unfortunately, Caleb has died, and Ruth Anne is a very different woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the characters are fictitious, the story incorporates many historical events of 19th century California including railroads, wire rope suspension bridges, water projects, and anti-Chinese mobs who attacked Chinese miners.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143116996747,"sku":"9798985194203","price":34.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/1IHJv3nJ8G9798985194203.webp?v=1780768224","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-chinese-boy-an-orphan-child-raised-in-a-california-gold-rush-town-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}