The Money Dragon Book

Foreword

Part I
1. China: 1917
2. Honolulu Beginnings: 1918

Part II
3. The Dragon Awakens: China 1871
4. Kaka‘ako Store: Honolulu 1900
5. Rising from the Ashes: 1903
6. Tat-Tung’s Early Years: June 1903
7. The Laus of Kew Boy Village: 1903
8. The Many Wives of L. Ah Leong: 1905

Part III
9. Captive Wives: 1907
10. The Rise of Ming Yang Tong: 1910
11. Tales of the L. Ah Leong Compound: 1918
12. Escape: 1919
13. Circle Lane: 1919
14. The Stolen Can of Curried Chicken: 1919
15. Ah Leong’s Power over Immigration: 1919
16. Tat-Tung’s Motorcar: 1919-1920
17. Ah Leong’s Property Returns: 1920-1921

Part IV
18. L. Ah Leong, Limited: July 1921
19. Betrayal: July 1921
20. The Strategic Divorce: December 6, 1921
21. The Board of Inquiry: December 7, 1921
22. The Two Month Battle: December 1921-February 1922
23. Triumph and Appeal: August 1922

Part V
24. A Family Divided: August 1924
25. Entrapment and Deceit: October 1924-1926
26. Storms of Devastation: 1926
27. Chung Shee Reappears: 1926-1934
28. The Ghosts Return for Ah Leong: 1934
29. Funeral of Honor and Dishonor: 1934
30. Where the Wind Was as Sweet as Wild Gingers: May 1935

Glossary

Photographs and Documents

Maps

About the Author