Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History

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. Reprint. A best-selling book. 15,000 first printing.