"Illustrated with photographs." Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-167) and index.
Contents:
Jose Aruego : author-illustrator of children's books -- Michael Chang : tennis champion -- Connie Chung : broadcast journalist -- Myung-Whun Chung : music director, Opera de la Bastille -- Wendy Lee Gramm : chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission -- Daniel K. Inouye : United States Senator -- Maxine Hong Kingston : writer, educator -- June Kuramoto : musician, songwriter -- Haing Ngor : physician, actor -- Dustin Nguyen : actor -- Ellison S. Onizuka : astronaut -- I.M. Pei : architect -- Samuel C.C. Ting : physicist, Nobel Prize winner -- An Wang : founder, Wang Laboratories; inventor.
Summary:
Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of fourteen Asian Americans including Jose Aruego, Michael Chang, An Wang, and Ellison Onizuka.
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