The Confessions of a Number One Son: The Great Chinese American Novel 9780824854553

Table of contents :
Contents
Editor’s Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
1. Maui, the Valley Isle
2. The Daughter of Charlie Chan
3. My Old Man
4. Charlie Chan
5. Edgar Allan Poe
6. Moby Tom
7. The All-Oriental Bambi
8. Georgia on My Mind
9. Charlie Chan on Maui
10. Bruce!
11. To Die in Chinatown
12. The Chinaman
Epilogue
About the Author and Editor

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