Charlie Chan : The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

English

ISBN: 0393340392

EAN: 9780393340396

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Law Enforcement/Biography & Autobiography / General/

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Release Date: 08/31/2011

Synopsis: Hailed as Sirrepressibly spirited and entertaining (Pico Iyer, Time) and Sa fascinating cultural survey (Paul Devlin, Daily Beast), this provocative first biography of Charlie Chan presents American history in a way that it has never been told before. Yunte Huang ingeniously traces Charlie Chan from his real beginnings as a bullwhip-wielding detective in territorial Hawaii to his reinvention as a literary sleuth and Hollywood film icon. Huang finally resurrects the Shonorable detective from the graveyard of detested postmodern symbols and reclaims him as the embodiment of America s rich cultural diversity. The result is one of the most critically acclaimed books of the year and a Sdeeply personal . . . voyage into racial stereotyping and the humanizing force of story telling (Donna Seaman, Los Angeles Times).

Awards: Agatha Award – null  Anthony Award – null  Asian Pacific American Award for Literature – null  California Book Awards – null  Edgar Awards (Edgar Allan Poe Awards) – null  Macavity Award – null  National Book Critics Circle Awards – null  New York Times Notable Books of the Year – null  PEN Center USA West Literary Awards – null 

Charlie Chan : The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.92 inches

Width: 5.47 inches

Length: 8.23 inches

Weight: 10.76 oz

Pages: 354