Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America

by William Wong

William Gee Wong was born in Oakland, California's Chinatown in 1941, the only son of his father, known as Pop. Pop was born in Guangdong Province, China and emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912. He entered the U.S. legally as the "son of a native," despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong's evocative dual memoir of his and his father's parallel experiences in America.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439924872
• ISBN13: 9781439924877
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.5"