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Lai, Him Mark; Lim, Genny; Yung, Judy, eds. ISLAND: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940. San Francisco: HOC DOI Project (History of Chinese Detained on Island), 1980. First Edition



First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. Poems and interviews with those detained at the West Coast version of Ellis Island. Includes several photographs and the Chinese text of many of the poems. English and Chinese bibliography. 170pp. Very good. .

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