02000cam a2200277 4500 389494701 TxAuBib 20190821120000.0 100429s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010016653 9780393069624 0393069621 TxAuBib Huang, Yunte. Charlie Chan : the untold story of the honorable detective and his rendezvous with American history / Yunte Huang. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, 2010. xx, 354 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-336) and index. The "real" Charlie Chan. Sandalwood Mountains ; Canton ; Paniolo, the Hawaiian cowboy ; The Wilders of Waikiki ; "Book 'em, Danno!" ; Chinatown ; The See Yup man ; Desperadoes ; Double murder -- Charlie Chan's pop. The other Canton ; Lampoon ; The raconteur ; The house without a key -- Charlie Chan, the Chinaman. The heathen Chinee ; Fu Manchu ; Charlie Chan, the Chinaman ; Kaimuki ; Pasadena ; A meeting of East and West -- Charlie Chan at the movies. Hollywood's Chinoiserie ; Yellowface ; Between the real and the reel ; Rape in paradise ; The Black Camel ; Racial parables -- Charlie Chan carries on. Charlie Chan in China ; Charlie Chan soldiers on ; The Fu Manchurian candidate ; Will the real Charlie Chan please stand up? -- Appendix I. A list of Charlie Chanisms -- Appendix II. A list of Charlie Chan films. A biography of cinematic hero Charlie Chan, based on the real-life Chinese immigrant detective, Chang Apana, whose bravado inspired mystery writer Earl Derr Biggers to depict his fictional sleuth as a wisecracking and wise investigator rather than a stereotype. 20190821. Apana, Chang, 1871-1933. Chan, Charlie (Fictitious character.) Detectives Hawaii Biography.