Describes the experience of Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth century, their work on the transcontinental railroad, and also discusses the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese workers from entering this country.

Includes index.

From the land of the celestials -- Gold fields and Chinatowns -- Working on the railroad -- Blasting through the mountains -- Working on the railroad -- The race to the finish -- The Chinese must go -- The door to the Golden Mountain closes.