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Adventures of Eddie Fung : Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War by Judy Yung (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN-100295987545
ISBN-139780295987545
eBay Product ID (ePID)59960477
Product Key Features
Number of Pages227 Pages
Publication NameAdventures of Eddie Fung : Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectMilitary / World War II, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Military / General, General, Sociology / Rural, Military, Sociology / Urban
TypeTextbook
AuthorJudy Yung
Subject AreaSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2007-019488
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"A remarkable chronicle of a boy from Chinatown who in his journey through life acquires a wealth of insight and wisdom." Franklin Ng, California State University, Fresno"An unusual and riveting contribution to Asian American history."- Valerie J. Matsumoto, University of California, Los Angeles
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.54/7252092 B
Table Of ContentPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Growing Up in Chinatown 2. A Chinese Cowboy in Texas 3. A Good Soldier 4. A Prisoner of the Japanese 5. A POW Survivor 6. Learning to Live with Myself Chronology Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisEddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. In this moving and unforgettable memoir, Eddie recalls how he, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown, reinvented himself as a Texas cowboy before going overseas with the U.S. Army. On the way to the Philippines, his battalion was captured by the Japanese in Java and sent to Burma to undertake the impossible task of building a railroad through 262 miles of tropical jungle.Working under brutal slave labor conditions, the men completed the railroad in fourteen months, at the cost of 12,500 POW and 70,000 Asian lives. Eddie lived to tell how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life., Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. In this moving and unforgettable memoir written with his wife, Eddie tells how his childhood in San Francisco's Chinatown and young manhood as a Texas cowboy helped him survive., Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. In this moving and unforgettable memoir, Eddie recalls how he, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco's Chinatown, reinvented himself as a Texas cowboy before going overseas with the U.S. Army. On the way to the Philippines, his battalion was captured by the Japanese in Java and sent to Burma to undertake the impossible task of building a railroad through 262 miles of tropical jungle. Working under brutal slave labor conditions, the men completed the railroad in fourteen months, at the cost of 12,500 POW and 70,000 Asian lives. Eddie lived to tell how his background helped him endure forty-two months of humiliation and cruelty and how his experiences as the sole Chinese American member of the most decorated Texan unit of any war shaped his later life.
LC Classification NumberE184.C5F86 2007
