The Chinese American Family Album

by Thomas Hoobler and Dorothy Hoobler

Book Overview

The Chinese American Family Album is a scrapbook of family letters and diary entries, official documents, newspaper articles, and excerpts from literature of the past and present--a personal remembrance of an extended family of Chinese immigrants and their descendants. As we read, we begin to know this family almost as well as our own. The letters written by the new immigrants to the folks left behind in China allow us to feel the ache of leaving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019509123X
• ISBN13: 9780195091236
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.0" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Enlightening

This is an excellent book for those interested in Chinese culture or immigration. The difficulties that were endured to make America "home" for so many in the world is truly amazing. The format includes individual memoirs, photos, engravings, and archival documents. There is a thread of historical backdrop woven throughout. Although not as gripping as a good novel using the character and situations presented within, it does have the voices of real people. Truth is often stranger than fiction and can be quite engrossing. I just ordered the Scandanavian American Family Album as much of our family tree has branches in those countries. I anticipate finding it even more engrossing due to ancestry. I recommend this book more highly for high school age and up, although many a junior high age person would enjoy it as well.