The Resource The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel, Tom Lin
The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel, Tom Lin
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- Summary
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- Fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way, Ming Tsu is aided by a blind clairvoyant and a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers
- Orphaned son of Chinese immigrants, Ming Tsu is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. Ming falls in love with Ada, daughter of a powerful railroad magnate, and they elope with plans to escape to a different life. When the tycoon's henchmen kidnap Ada and conscript Ming into service for the Central Pacific Railroad, he partners with a blind clairvoyant known as the prophet. They set out to rescue his wife and to exact revenge on the men who destroyed Ming, aided by a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers, whom they meet on the journey. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316542159
- Label
- The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel
- Title
- The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Lin
- Title variation
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- One thousand crimes of Ming Tsu
- 1000 crimes of Ming Tsu
- Subject
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- Western fiction
- Magicians
- Magicians -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- Novels
- Novels
- trueRace relations
- Revenge
- trueRevenge
- Revenge -- Fiction
- trueSupernatural
- trueThe West (United States)
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- Western fiction
- trueWestern stories
- trueWomen kidnapping victims
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAsian people
- Assassination
- trueAssassins
- Assassins
- Assassins -- Fiction
- trueChinese American men
- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- trueCircus performers
- Clairvoyants
- Clairvoyants -- Fiction
- trueEast Asian people
- Fiction
- trueForced labor
- Kidnapping
- trueKidnapping
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Magic realist fiction
- Magic realist fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- Fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way, Ming Tsu is aided by a blind clairvoyant and a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers
- Orphaned son of Chinese immigrants, Ming Tsu is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. Ming falls in love with Ada, daughter of a powerful railroad magnate, and they elope with plans to escape to a different life. When the tycoon's henchmen kidnap Ada and conscript Ming into service for the Central Pacific Railroad, he partners with a blind clairvoyant known as the prophet. They set out to rescue his wife and to exact revenge on the men who destroyed Ming, aided by a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers, whom they meet on the journey. -- adapted from jacket
- Award
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2022.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10958110
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1996-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lin, Tom
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3612.I516
- LC item number
- T56 2021
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Chinese Americans
- Assassins
- Kidnapping
- Clairvoyants
- Magicians
- Revenge
- Revenge
- Magicians
- Clairvoyants
- Chinese Americans
- Assassins
- Assassination
- Kidnapping
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel, Tom Lin
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
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- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316542159
- Lccn
- 2020951409
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252628207
- Label
- The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel, Tom Lin
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 275 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316542159
- Lccn
- 2020951409
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1252628207
Subject
- Western fiction
- Magicians
- Magicians -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- Novels
- Novels
- trueRace relations
- Revenge
- trueRevenge
- Revenge -- Fiction
- trueSupernatural
- trueThe West (United States)
- trueThe West (United States) -- History -- 19th century
- Western fiction
- trueWestern stories
- trueWomen kidnapping victims
- Action and adventure fiction
- trueAsian people
- Assassination
- trueAssassins
- Assassins
- Assassins -- Fiction
- trueChinese American men
- Chinese Americans
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- trueCircus performers
- Clairvoyants
- Clairvoyants -- Fiction
- trueEast Asian people
- Fiction
- trueForced labor
- Kidnapping
- trueKidnapping
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Magic realist fiction
- Magic realist fiction
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