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Starry field : a memoir of lost history / Margaret Juhae Lee.

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"As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee never heard about her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea, and guarded by Margaret's grandmother, who Chul Ha left widowed in 1936 with two young sons. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha was a criminal, and his granddaughter was determined to figure out why. Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History chronicles Chul Ha's untold story. Combining investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research, Margaret reveals the truth about the grandfather she never knew. What she found is that Lee Chul Ha was not a source of shame; he was a student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese government's colonization of Korea. He was a hero -- and eventually honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death. But reclaiming her grandfather's legacy, in the end, isn't what Margaret finds the most valuable. It is through the series of three long-form interviews with her grandmother that Margaret finally finds a sense of recognition she's been missing her entire life. A story of healing old wounds and the reputation of an extraordinary young man, Starry Field bridges the tales of two women, generations and oceans apart, who share the desire to build family in someplace called home. Starry Field weaves together the stories of Margaret's family against the backdrop of Korea's tumultuous modern history, with a powerful question at its heart. Can we ever separate ourselves from our family's past -- and if the answer is yes, should we?"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781685890933 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2024.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Lee, Chul Ha.
Lee, Margaret Juhae.
Lee, Margaret Juhae > Family.
Korean Americans > Biography.
Koreans > Biography.
Korea > History > Japanese occupation, 1910-1945 > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Stroud Branch 951.903092 Lee 31681010364222 NONFIC Available -


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