Book announcement

University of Washington Press has released The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Prisoner of War, edited by Judy Yung, professor emerita of American Studies at the
University of California Santa Cruz.

Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during World War II. He was then put to work on the Burma-Siam railroad, made famous by the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” In this moving and unforgettable memoir written with his wife, Eddie tells how his childhood in San Francisco’s Chinatown and young manhood as a Texas cowboy helped him survive.

The Adventures of Eddie Fung is a 272-page paperback, with 37 illustrations. More information about the book, including the table of contents and how to order, is available at:
http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/YUNADV.html