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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John is the story of four Korean-American boys fathered by American soldiers during the Korean War. Rejected by their families and the society they live in, they adopt one another as brothers and eventually find their way to new lives in the United States. |
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Pearl (Sydenstricker) Buck born in 1892 and was raised in Chenchiang in eastern China by her Presbyterian missionary parents. She has written numerous novels as well as nonfictional works and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Because of her upbringing she was highly concerned with race relations between the U.S. and China and, after World War II, established a foundation to aid the illegitimate children of U.S. servicemen. For more information about her life and works, see my web page on Pearl Buck. Although she is known primarily for her adult fiction, she has written several books for children. In addition to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, these include The Big Wave, Little Fox in the Middle, The Chinese Children Next Door, Stories for Little Children, Fairy Tales of the Orient, Christmas Miniature, Welcome Child, Water-buffalo Children, A Gift for Children, Yu Lan Flying Boy of China, Johnny Jack and His Beginnings, The Christmas Mouse, The Man Who Changed China: The Story of Sun Yat-Sen and One Bright Day. All of these books are, unfortunately, out of print, but used copies of some of them can be found at Bibliofind. |
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Last updated: December 2003 |
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