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Mary Paik Lee left her native country in 1905, traveling with her
parents as a political refugee after Japan imposed control over
Korea. Her father worked in the sugar plantations of Hawaii briefly
before taking his family to California. They shared the
poverty-stricken existence endured by thousands of Asian immigrants
in the early twentieth century, working as farm laborers, cooks,
janitors, and miners. Lee recounts racism on the playground and the
ravages of mercury mining on her father's health, but also
entrepreneurial successes and hardships surmounted with grace. With
a new foreword by David K. Yoo, this edition reintroduces Quiet
Odyssey to readers interested in Asian American history and
immigration studies. The volume includes thirty illustrations and a
comprehensive introduction and bibliographic essay by respected
scholar Sucheng Chan, who collaborated closely with Lee to edit the
biography and ensure the work was true to the author's intended
vision. This award-winning book provides a compelling firsthand
account of early Korean American history and continues to be an
essential work in Asian American studies.
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