Ebook: Ching Ling Foo: America's First Chinese Superstar

On the eve of the 20th century, Chinese magician Ching Ling Foo, one of the greatestillusionists ever seen on American soil, along with his talented family of musicians andacrobats overcomes deportation attempts, homeland tragedy, crooked managers and a diabolically clever American copycat to make an indelible impact on American culturebecoming one of the highest paid and most popular acts in the United States twice. First, between 1898 and 1900 then once more between 1912 and 1915.Foo's story is indeed a magical one but, it is also so much more. With its focus on the interplay between Chinese and Western culture, celebrity, intercultural teen singing sensations, geopolitics, international intrigue, nativism, and disruptive technology, careful readers will discover "Foo" may hold many lessons for our own increasingly unruly era.