Author Spotlight with Samuel D. Porteous
August 25, 2021 / Online
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The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation will be hosting an online event with artist and author Samuel D. Porteous to discuss his book Ching Ling Foo: America's First Chinese Superstar. Foo, his daughter, and his troupe briefly spent time in detention on Angel Island.

Samuel's book tells the incredible story of the Foo troupe's rollercoaster ride to unprecedented fame and luxury private railcar riding fortune. The excitement of the 1898 World's Fair, turn of the century Broadway, the Boxer Rebellion, the bizarreness of early 1900s vaudeville, the 1905 London World Championship of Chinese Magic, and an adorable bilingual toddler who transitions to teenage ragtime sensation. All this plus international intrigue, nativism, and industry-ending technological disruptions.

Zoom details will be provided after registering for the event.