by Bonnie Tsui, is a portrait history of the people and events that defined America's Chinatowns, and how Chinatown communities, in turn, has played a crucial role in shaping America. Tsui visits the country's four most famous Chinatowns -- San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu -- with a final stop in Las Vegas, looking beyond the weekend tourist facades and delving into the everyday stories of the unique personalities that call Chinatown home.
In American Chinatown, acclaimed travel writer Bonnie Tsui takes an affectionate, attentive look at the neighborhood that has bewitched her since childhood, when she eagerly awaited her grandfather's return from the fortune cookie factory. Tsui visits the country's four most famous Chinatowns - San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Honolulu - and makes her final, fascinating stop in Las Vegas; in her explorations, she focuses on the remarkable experiences of ordinary people. Tsui beautifully captures their vivid stories, giving readers a deeper look into what "Chinatown" means to its inhabitants, what each community takes on from its American home, and what their experience means to America at large. American Chinatown is an all-access pass.The book will be available next month from book retailers everywhere. To learn more about American Chinatown, visit the website here. You can read an excerpt from the book's introduction here. And keep the project going by submitting your own Chinatown story here.