McCunn, Ruthanne Lum

Chronicles the experiences of Poon Lim, who survived for 133 days on a small wooden raft after the bombing of the British ship Benlomond in 1942.

In the nineteenth century, a young Chinese comes to the United States to work on the railroad and develops a fondness for pies that becomes legendary.

The story of a Chinese-American pioneer woman who overcame poverty, foot-binding, and slavery to build a life of relative freedom in the American Northwest.

Portraits capture the detail and texture of the Chinese American experience in all regions of the country.

Traces the history of the Chinese in the United States focusing on their struggle for acceptance by the white population and their contributions to the development of their new country.