Lives of notable Asian Americans

arts, entertainment, sports by Geraldine Gan

Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers in New York

Written in English

Published: 1995 Pages: 115 Downloads: 735

Subjects:

Asian Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Physical Object
Statement	Geraldine Gan.
Genre	Biography, Juvenile literature
Series	The Asian American experience, Asian American experience (New York, N.Y.)
Pagination	115 p.
Number of Pages	115
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL23246232M
ISBN 10	0791021882
LC Control Number	94026812
OCLC/WorldCa	30979214

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Format Book Published New York: Chelsea House, Description p.: ill. ; 24 cm. Uniform series Asian American experience (New York, N.Y.) Notes Includes bibliographical references (p.

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