The book contains 12 chapters, each a story or essay unto itself. The title chapter is the longest, and is divided into 7 subsections. It describes Stevenson's arrival at New York as an immigrant, along with hundreds of other Europeans, and his train journey from New York to San Francisco in an immigrant train. Stevenson describes the train as having three sections: one for women and children, one for men, and one for Chinese. He notes that while the Europeans looked down on the Chinese for being dirty, in fact the Chinese carriages were the freshest and their passengers the cleanest.

Media	Bøker Pocketbok (Bok med mykt omslag og limt rygg)
Utgitt	22. september 2017
ISBN13	9781977525581
Utgivere	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antall sider	232
Mål	152 × 229 × 12 mm · 317 g
Språk	Engelsk