A Refugee's American Dream : From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U. S. Secret Service / Leth Oun and Joe Samuel Starnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oun, Leth, 1966- author.

Starnes, Joe Samuel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cambodian Americans.

Genocide survivors.

United States. Secret Service--Biography.

United States.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"After barely surviving the horrors of the Killing Fields of Cambodia as a child, Leth Oun spent almost four years in refugee camps before immigrating to America, where he persevered to become an officer in the United States Secret Service"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue: 2012

Part I: Childhood In Cambodia

Happy Hearts: 1966-1973

Before the Darkness: 1974-April 1975

On the Road to the Killing Fields: April 1975

Part II: The Killing Fields

Shades of Black: April 1975-September 1975

Darkness: October 1975-April 1976

I'm Not Going to Die Today: May 1976-December 1977

A Torturous Ending to the Killing Fields: January 1978-April 1979

Part III: Refugee Survival

Homelessness and Hellish Journeys: April 1979-February 1980

Border Camps: February 1980-June 1980

Freedom inside Barbed Wire: June 1980-October 1983

Part IV: America

My New Home: October 1983-January 1984

Working for the American Dream: 1984-1994

Finding My Future in Philadelphia: 1994-2002

From No House to the White House: 2002-2012

Home: 2005-2012

Epilogue: 2018-Present

Acknowledgments

Coauthor's Note

About the Authors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439923382

1439923388