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Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America

A cultural biography, both sweeping and intimate, of the legend Bruce Lee, set against the extraordinary, untold story of the rise of Asian Americafrom the author of the award-winning classic Cant Stop Wont Stop and one of the finest culture observers of our era.

More than a half-century after his passing, Bruce Lee is as towering a figure to people around the world as ever. On his path to becoming a global icon, he popularized martial arts in the West, became a bridge to people and cultures from the East, and just as he was set to conquer Hollywood once and for all, he died of cerebral edema at age thirty-two. Its no wonder that Bruce Lees legend has only bloomed in the decades since. Yet, in so many ways, his legend has eclipsed the man.