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Shining star : the Anna May Wong story / by Paula Yoo ; illustrated by Lin Wang.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.W56 Y66 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yoo, Paula, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961--Juvenile literature.
- Wong, Anna May.
- Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961.
- Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Motion picture actors and actresses.
- Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses.
- United States.
- Chinese American motion picture actors and actresses--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Actors and actresses.
- Chinese Americans.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Picture books.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Anna May Wong story
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Lee & Low Books, [2009]
- Summary:
- "A biography of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong who, in spite of limited opportunities, achieved her dream of becoming an actress and worked to represent her race on screen in a truthful, positive manner." (Provided by publisher).
- The true story of Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, whose trail-blazing career in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s broke new ground for future generations of Asian American actors.
- Notes:
- Illustrations rendered in watercolor and acrylic.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Carter G. Woodson Award, 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781600602597
- 1600602592
- 9781620142578
- 1620142570
- OCLC:
- 258767516
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