Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Miss Emma Mills: China's First Lady and Her American Friend

by Thomas A. Delong

Book Overview

Mayling Soong came to America at the age of 10. Her father, Charlie Soong, a practicing Christian who had spent time in America, was convinced that China's youth would need progressive, Western educations before returning to their homeland to take their places as leaders in the fields of government, education and engineering. The youngest of three daughters, Mayling followed her older siblings to the United States in search of a Western education,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786429801
• ISBN13: 9780786429806
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher