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In the Shadow of the Cypress

In the Shadow of the Cypress( )
Author: Steinbeck, Thomas
Read by: Harding, Jeff
ISBN:978-1-4418-3824-7
Publication Date:Apr 2010
Publisher:Brilliance Publishing, Inc.
Book Format:Downloadable audio file
List Price:USD $14.99
Book Description:

In 1906, the Chinese in California lived in the shadows. Their alien customs, traditions, and language hid what they valued from their neighbors . . . and left them open to scorn and prejudice. Their communities were ruled -- and divided -- by the necessity of survival among the many would-be masters surrounding them, by struggles between powerful tongs, and by duty to their ancestors.Then, in the wake of natural disaster, fate brought to light artifacts of incredible value along the...
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Steinbeck, Thomas (Author)
Thomas Myles Steinbeck was born in Manhattan, New York on August 2, 1944 to novelist John Steinbeck and his second wife Gwyndolyn Conger. He studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles. He served during the Vietnam War as a helicopter gunman and then as a producer with the American Forces Vietnam Network. After the war, he worked in film and television and wrote screenplays.

He published a collection of stories, Down to a Soundless Sea, in 2002. He later published two novels entitled The Silver Lotus and In the Shadow of the Cypress. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on August 11, 2016 at the age of 72.

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