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Famous Asian Americans Janet Nomura Morey & Wendy Dunn
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E184.O6 M67 1992
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morey, Janet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Biography.
- Asian Americans.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 170 p. : ill., 1 map ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cobblehill Books, c1992.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of fourteen Asian Americans including Jose Aruego, Michael Chang, An Wang, and Ellison Onizuka.
- Contents:
- Jose Aruego : author-illustrator of children's books
- Michael Chang : tennis champion
- Connie Chung : broadcast journalist
- Myung-Whun Chung : music director, Opera de la Bastille
- Wendy Lee Gramm : chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Daniel K. Inouye : United States Senator
- Maxine Hong Kingston : writer, educator
- June Kuramoto : musician, songwriter
- Haing Ngor : physician, actor
- Dustin Nguyen : actor
- Ellison S. Onizuka : astronaut
- I.M. Pei : architect
- Samuel C.C. Ting : physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- An Wang : founder, Wang Laboratories; inventor.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated with photographs."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0525650806 :
- OCLC:
- 23902066
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