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By Ruthanne Lum McCunn

ISBN-10: 0932538967

ISBN-13: 9780932538963

ISBN-10: 1531803008

ISBN-13: 9781531803001

Chinese Yankee via Ruthanne Lum McCunn tells the real tale of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan delivered to the USA for education within the mid-1850s, yet enslaved in Baltimore. in basic terms 16 on the outbreak of warfare, Thomas ran north, joined the liberty military, and was once blinded within the first significant crusade. He did not absolutely get better his sight and, deemed incapable of acting the tasks of a soldier, used to be discharged. but he reenlisted two times, kept his regiment's colours through the massacre of Spotsylvania, was once lamed at chilly Harbor, and survived nine months imprisonment within the dreaded Andersonville stockade. His well-being damaged, yet his spirit intact, he battled for survival and justice for his relatives and himself until eventually his demise in 1891. He was once, because the long island instances famous, "singular."

"[Chinese Yankee] is a unprecedented tale that also resonates one hundred fifty years later. together with her empathy for the important personality and her enticing and available prose, McCunn is preferably certified to inform the tale." -- Stuart Heaver, Hong Kong South China Morning put up, November 1, 2014.

Advance Praise

"A precise Civil battle tale that brings to existence a uniquely American hero, chinese language YANKEE supplies the reader background that speaks to the center with the aches of fight, the demanding situations of id, and the hunt for romance opposed to all odds." -- Gus Lee, China Boy; braveness: The spine of management; and With Schwarzkopf.

"Riveting. could not placed it down! could not flip the pages speedy adequate. it truly is something to determine a pale black and white photo, particularly one other to learn it in residing colour, flesh and bone, pleasure and sorrow." -- Carol Shively, editor, Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War

"Uncovering outstanding documentary facts, Ruthanne Lum McCunn skillfully information the lifetime of Union soldier Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way). a desirable learn that is helping us larger comprehend American society in this severe interval in our heritage. learn it." -- Franklin Odo, undertaking Director for subject matter research on Asian american citizens and Pacific Islanders, NPS

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