Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

by Yunte Huang

Book Overview

On a balmy July night in 1904, a wiry figure sauntered alone through the dim alleys of Honolulu's Chinatown. He strolled up a set of rickety steps and into a smoky gambling den ringing with jeers of card sharks and crapshooters. By the time anyone recognized the infamous bullwhip dangling from his hand, it was too late. Single-handedly, the feared, five-foot-tall Hawaiian cop, Chang Apana, had lined up forty gamblers and marched them down to the police...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393069621
• ISBN13: 9780393069624
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"