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Swimming to freedom : my escape from China and the cultural revolution : an untold story / Kent Wong.
A Chinese expatriate tells his story of escaping the hardship and repression of Mao's Cultural Revolution by joining the dissident underground, swimming miles across open water to Hong Kong, and eventually moving to the United States as a refugee.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419751509 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1419751506 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Abrams Press, [2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: "It's your time to fly away." -- Hong Kong is not China, and we are Chinese -- Chasing sparrows -- Hunger -- Red versus black -- The big link-up -- "No noble men" -- Rooftop underground -- The calm before the storm -- A call from heaven -- The endless sea -- Life and death in heaven's hands -- Life is a stream of water -- "Hey, Hong Kong! I'm back!" -- Epilogue: So much has changed, yet much remains the same. |
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| Subject: | Wong, Kent > Childhood and youth. China > History > Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 > Personal narratives. Children > China > Biography. Refugees > China > Biography. Refugees > China > Hong Kong > Biography. Refugees > United States > Biography. Chinese Americans > Biography. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Library | Adults Wong Biography (Text) | 33454005811518 | 2nd Floor | Available | - |
| Montrose | 92-W WONG Won (Text) | 37000009421733 | SSQM Main Floor | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | B WONG (Text) | 33062009534497 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Easton Main Library | 951.05 W872s (Text) | 31901004513745 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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