New York: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Octavo, 264 pages, later publisher's decorated binding in mauve; dj edgeworn, short tears.

Kathleen Tamagawa's pioneering Asian American memoir is a sensitive and thoughtful look at the personal and social complexities of growing up racially mixed during the early twentieth century. Born in 1893 to an Irish American mother and a Japanese father, and raised in Chicago and Japan, Tamagawa reflects on the difficulty she experienced fitting into either parent's native culture. She describes how, in America, her every personal quirk and quality was seen as quintessentially Japanese and how she was met unpredictably with admiration or fear. When growing up in Japan, she lived the life of a debutante and went to embassy balls, and married man in the consular corps. 8 photographs.

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Bookseller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 230679
Title: HOLY PRAYERS IN A HORSE'S EAR
Author: TAMAGAWA, Katherine
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1932
Keywords: asian american, mixed races, Illinois author, japanese american, irish author, immigrants, Japanese Irish, irish author,

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Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.

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