The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War

by Judy Yung

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987545
• ISBN13: 9780295987545
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"