The Lonely Queue: The Forgotten History Of The Courageous Chinese Americans In Los Angeles

by Icy Smith

The Lonely Queue is an unprecedented pictorial history book which presents the vibrant and diverse contribution of the 150 years of Chinese Americans in Southern California. The author traces more than 200 vintage photographs, drawings and paintings depicting the struggle of making America their home. This special chronicle features a bilingual (English and Chinese) text, summarizing each major period of the Chinese-American experience.

195 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Icy Smith (Sui Bing Tang) is an award-winning author and the founder of East West Discovery Press, which specializes in publishing and distributing multicultural and bilingual books in more than 50 different languages.

Her acclaimed book, The Lonely Queue: The forgotten history of the courageous Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, was described by the Los Angeles Times as “a bilingual book that celebrates the Chinese American community of Southern California… with the intimacy of a family album and the authority of a historical monograph.” The Lonely Queue won the 2002 Clarion Award for best nonfiction book.

Smith’s first children’s book Mei Ling in China City was named the winners of the 2009 Chinese American Librarian Association Best Children’s Book Award, 2008 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award and 2008 Independent Publisher Award.