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      Homebase

      by Shawn Wong
      Published
      Jun 1979
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      Homebase is the coming of age story of Rainsford Chan in 1950s and '60s California. Rainsford is a fourth-generation Chinese American named after the town where his great-grandfather worked during the gold rush. Orphaned at fifteen, he attempts to claim America as his homebase, and his personal history is interwoven with dreams, stories, and letters of his family's life in America. Moving through time and place, the story allows the reader to discover the past as Rainsford does, to see the world through his eyes, and to learn the truth about the Chinese American experience.

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      First Edition Jan 1979 I. Reed Books ISBN 0918408148
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      Jun 1979 Bookpeople ISBN 0918408156
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