Contents
Foreword, by Jose Antonio Vargas
Introduction, by Sam Howe Verhovek
Part I. Alex's Story
An excerpt from Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self / Introduced by Deanne Urmy
Part II. Immigrants
My Family's Slave / The Atlantic, June 2017 / Introduced by Jeffrey Goldberg
For Seattle's Cambodian Refugees, Time and Distance Can't Bury Memories of the Killing Fields / Seattle Times, January 23, 1994
Strangers in a Strange Land: The Hmong Orphans of History / Seattle Times, March 12, 1996 / Introduced by David Boardman
Death of a Dreamer: A Young Bride from the Philippines Is Murdered / Seattle Times, April 21, 1996 / Introduced by Terry McDermott
A Death in Gaza: Peace Advocate and "a Heart Too Big to Hold" / Los Angeles Times, March 18, 2003 / Introduced by Lynn Marshall
Part III. Natives
On Edge: 9/11, a Muslim Family and a Wyoming Town / Seattle Times, September 21, 2001 / Introduced by Jacqui Banaszynski
A Matter of Justice and Honor: The Fight to Clear Chief Leschi's Name / Los Angeles Times, December 28, 2004 / Introduced by Scott Kraft
A World Away in Navajo Nation: Far from the Sept. 11 Fallout / Seattle Times, September 1, 2002 / Introduced by Alan Berner
The Fish Tale that Changed History / Seattle Times, February 7, 1999 / Introduced by Florangela Davila
Alaska by Way of Katrina: At the Far Edge of a New Orleans Diaspora / Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2006 / Introduced by Dean Baquet
Part IV. Loners
Thom Jones and the Cosmic Joke: Author's Surprise "Success" Breeds Misery / From the Seattle Times, April 2, 2000 / Introduced by Nicole Brodeur
Seeking Poetic Justice: A Pacifist Author Leads an Online Antiwar Movement Rooted in Language and Imagery / Los Angeles Times, March 3, 2003
An Iraq War All His Own: An Exemplary Soldier Goes on Trial for Refusing to Fight in a War He Calls Illegal / Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2007 / Introduced by Kim Murphy
In the Land of Missing Persons / The Atlantic, April 2016 / Introduced by Denise Kersten Wills
Last but Not Least: The Lonely White House Bids of Two Longshots / Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2007 / Introduced by Sam Howe Verhovek
Part V. Villains
John Muhammad's Meltdown / Seattle Times, November 10, 2002 / Introduced by James Neff
The Story of a Drive-by Murder at Ballard High / Seattle Times, March 8, 1998 / Introduced by Jim Simon
Part VI. Eccentrics
Onward Christian Surfers: Spreading the Gospel on Waikiki / Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2006
In an Old Nuclear Bunker, This Guy Has the Lowdown on UFOs / Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2008 / Introduced by Sam Howe Verhovek
Mrs. Leu, Tear Down That Wall! A U.S.-Canada Border Flap in Her Yard / Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2007 / Introduced by Millie Quan
This Law Ain't No Friend of His: Elvis the Cabbie Fights for Kingly Attire / Los Angeles Times, August 24, 2003 / Introduced by Brian Lindstrom
Part VII. Oraces
"Old Ladies Do What We Can": Dispatches from a New Nation / Seattle Times, September 18, 2001 / Introduced by Jacqui Banaszynski
Crossing America: "We Need to Pray Deep" / Seattle Times, October 2, 2001 / Introduced by Alan Berner
Acknowledgments