Born in southern China in 1861, Yan Phou Lee describes for young American readers the childhood he left behind: the family house and household, Chinese cookery, games and pastimes, the girls he knew, the rigours of the village school, religions, holidays and story-tellers. The book ends with his journey to Shanghai, the first step toward an education in the United States.
One of the earliest books in English by a Chinese American author, a charming window on everyday life in Qing China. Download the free EPUB.