August 18, 2025

Red Altar

by Nancy Wang ’64
Independently published, 2024

Red Altar by Nancy Wang '64 This historic novel, rich with detail of early California life, follows three generations of the Chinese family that started the fishing industry on California’s Monterey Coast.

Despite heartbreaking setbacks and anti-Chinese policies and prejudice, the family triumphs over racism again and again, finding success, and making contributions to America.


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