Onoto Watanna
Subtitle: the story of Winnifred Eaton
By: Diana Birchall.
Series: The Asian American experience
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Eaton, Winnifred, 1879-1954; Novelists, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography; Eurasians -- United States -- Biography; Chinese -- Canada -- Ethnic identity; Asian American women -- Biography; Eurasians -- Canada -- Biography; Japan -- In literature
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In 1901, the young Winnifred Eaton arrived in New York City with literary ambitions, journalistic experience, and the manuscript for A Japanese Nightingale, the novel that would sell many thousands of copies and make her famous. Hers is a real Horatio Alger story, with fascinating added dimensions of race and gender."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-239) and index.