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Contents Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Editorial Note xv Introduction xvii Part I: California 1. One’s True Friend 3 2. Wild to Go 9 3. All Chinatown Is Horrified 17 Part II: Chicago 4. A Plunge into Domesticity 37 5. Life Gives Me a Heartache 52 6. Paying for the Follies of My Youth 67 Part III: China 7. I Prefer American Shoes 105 8. A Straw in the Wind 128 9. Chasing Mirages 174 10. I Have Been Loyal to China . . . 220 Epilogue 247 Appendix: Publications of Flora Belle Jan 249 Notes 255 Index 261 Illustrations follow page 66. ...

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