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Author Hilgers, Lauren, author.

Title Patriot number one : American dreams in Chinatown / Lauren Hilgers.

Publication Info. New York : Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018]
©2018

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.8 HIL    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.8951 HILGERS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  305.8951 HILGERS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.8951 HILGERS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.895 HILGERS    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.895 HIL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.8951 HIL    Check Shelf
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 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  305.8 HIL    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.8951 HILGERS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 324 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-324).
Contents Escape -- A fisherman's son --- Wukan! Wukan! Revolution -- In Queens -- Work -- The Chairman -- Sanctuary -- Wukan! Wukan! A death -- Little Yan -- Brewing tea -- Fortress besieged -- Paper sons -- Wukan! Wukan! Land and committee -- The moon represents my heart -- Personal shopping -- Strangers -- Services -- Wukan! Wukan! Rule of law -- A man of Wukan -- Dissent -- Politics -- Labors -- Blocking traffic -- Simplicity.
Summary "In 2014, in a snow-covered house in Flushing, Queens, a village revolutionary from Southern China considered his options. Zhuang Liehong was the son of a fisherman, the former owner of a small tea shop, and the spark that had sent his village into an uproar--pitting residents against a corrupt local government. Under the alias Patriot Number One, he had stoked a series of pro-democracy protests, hoping to change his home for the better. Instead, sensing an impending crackdown, Zhuang and his wife, Little Yan, left their infant son with relatives and traveled to America. With few contacts and only a shaky grasp of English, they had to start from scratch. In Patriot Number One, Hilgers follows this dauntless family through a world hidden in plain sight: a byzantine network of employment agencies and language schools, of underground asylum brokers and illegal dormitories that Flushing's Chinese community relies on for survival. As the irrepressibly opinionated Zhuang and the more pragmatic Little Yan pursue legal status and struggle to reunite with their son, we also meet others piecing together a new life in Flushing. Tang, a democracy activist who was caught up in the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, is still dedicated to his cause after more than a decade in exile. Karen, a college graduate whose mother imagined a bold American life for her, works part-time in a nail salon as she attends vocational school, and refuses to look backward." - Publisher description.
Language Text primarily in English with some Chinese terms.
Subject Chinese -- New York (State)
Chinese -- New York (State) -- Social conditions.
Chinese Americans -- New York (State)
Chinese -- United States -- Emigration and immigration.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0451496132 (hardcover)
9780451496133 (hardcover)
9780451496157 (ebook)
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