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No Sword To Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai'i during WW II

A detailed history of the Varsity Victory Volunteers in the larger contect of Hawai'i before and during WW II.

Native Speaker

A clash of ethnic and professional loyalties is the subject of this novel. The protagonist is a Korean-American who works for a private intelligence service and is assigned to spy on a rising Korean-American politician. To blow the whistle on a…

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

A memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien modern American culture.

Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Biographical Novel

This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of a remarkable woman and her achievement of respect and dignity among the pioneer women of the early American West.

Donald Duk: A Novel

On the eve of the Chinese New Year in San Francisco's Chinatown, twelve-year-old Donald Duk attempts to deal with his comical name and his feelings for his cultural heritage.

Typical American

The Changs immigrated to the United States from China for education and safety but are distracted by other goals.

Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940

Angel Island, in San Francisco Bay, was the entry, internment center, and often closest approach to the US for Chinese immigrants in the early 20th century. Here are the thoughts they carved and inkbrushed on their barrack's walls, discovered after…