Read Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience)

Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience)

Diana Birchall

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Description:Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance while protecting herself from Americans' scorn of Chinese: she "became" Japanese, assuming the pen name Onoto Watanna. While her eldest sister (now acknowledged as the mother of Asian American fiction), was writing stories of downtrodden Chinese immigrants under the name Sui Sin Far, Winnifred's Japanese romance novels and stories became all the rage, thrusting her into the glittering world of New York literati. Diana Birchall chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her grandmother's amazing professional career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience). To get started finding Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Born to a British father and a Chinese mother, Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) decided to capitalize on her exotic appearance while protecting herself from Americans' scorn of Chinese: she "became" Japanese, assuming the pen name Onoto Watanna. While her eldest sister (now acknowledged as the mother of Asian American fiction), was writing stories of downtrodden Chinese immigrants under the name Sui Sin Far, Winnifred's Japanese romance novels and stories became all the rage, thrusting her into the glittering world of New York literati. Diana Birchall chronicles the sometimes desperate, sometimes canny, and always bold course of her grandmother's amazing professional career as a journalist, a bestselling novelist, and a Hollywood scriptwriting protegee of Carl Laemmle at Universal Studios.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience). To get started finding Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton (Asian American Experience)

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