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Indians,Chinese,Japanese,East Indians and Whites.Their stories become our stories.\"The International Examiner(Seattle)  \nWest CoastChinese Boy  \nTundra Books  \nSing Lim  \n\"With rare insight,humour,pathos and irony author Sing Lim has re-createdlife during the '20s in Vancouver’s Chinatown...The style is simple andunadorned and Sing has a delightfuflyiwitty perception of his own andother people’s foibles and some of the amusing situations in which they findthemselves...WEST COAST CHINESE BOY is a sincere and unusual book;itshould be purchased for all Canadian libraries...\"-Quill &Quire  \n\"What sets WEST COAST CHINESE BOY apart from scores of other ChineseAmerican biographies or autobiographies is its refreshing sense of humorand honesty.Here the people are real,with distinct personalities andfailings;they aren't stereotypical cardboard characters...Through this smallmodest book throbs the life of Indians,Chinese,Japanese,East Indians,andWhites.Their stories become our stories.One can ask for little more….get thisbook and savor it page by page.\"—The International Examiner(Seattle)  \n\"Lim's text and illustrations successfully re-create his family's life...He tellssome amazing and terrible things with a very understated delivery.\"—Books in Canada  \n\"It is an altogether moving and inspiring book-the kind of book onewould want children to make their own—with a strong picaresque plot,vividly exotic...Every library must have this book,not simply to adorn ashelf,but to be read,enjoyed and discussed.\"—In Review,Canadian Booksfor Young People  \n\"Sing Lim not only gives us a child's unique perspective on the quaint andcolourful life of Chinatown,but also conveys a sense of living history in hissimple yet moving descriptions...Lim's story glows with colour and detai..arare and fascinating cultural record.It's an opportunity for children to learn,and is certainly a joy to read.\"—Kingston Whig Standard  \n\"It's a delightful book ofanecdotes..informative,insightful,honest,and above all,warm and funny.\"—East/West (San Francisco)  \n\"Sing Lim has carried off both artand anecdote with the sharpreport of a Chinese firecrackerand the reverberant clashof gongs and cymbals.\"-Canadian Reader  \nTo the memory of my mother,my sister Nellie and\"Uncle\"Jing  \n◎1979,Sing Lim  \n1991 First paperback edition  \nPublished in Canadaby Tundra Books,Montreal,Quebec H3G 1R4 and inthe United States by Tundra Books of Northern New York,Plattsburgh,N.Y.12901.  \nLibrary of Congress Card Number:79-67110  \nCanadian Cataloging in Publication Data  \nLim,Sing,1915-  \nWest Coast Chinese Boy  \nOriginally published:Montreal:Tundra,1979.ISBN0-88776-270-0  \n1.Lim,Sing,1915-2.Chinese Canadians—British Columbia-  \nVancouver—Biography.3.Chinese Canadians—British Columbia -  \nVancouver-Social life and customs.I.Title.  \nPS8573.I439W41991971.1'33 C91-090034-5PR9199.3.L44W41991  \nThis edition contains 14 of the color illustrations from the hardcover edition.The original paintings were exhibited at the Art Emporium,Vancouver,in1980.  \nThe publisher has applied funds from its Canada Council block grant for1991 toward the editing and production of this book.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmittedin any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photo-copying and recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nPaperback edition design:Dan O'Leary  \nPrinted in Canada by Imprimerie Gagné  \nSING LIM  \ncA△pa  \n—1  \nMy father  \nMy father's name was Low Lim.He was eighteen yearsold in 1884 when he came from China to Victoria,B.C.on asailing ship.The following year the Canadian governmentrequired every Chinese to pay a head tax of fifty dollarsbefore he could land.In 1901,the tax rose to $100,and in1905 to $500.It was a way 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