Websites
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This site provides a directory for all things Dragonwings Want to know more about abacuses?
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Complete with a timeline, eyewitness accounts, and the mayor's "shoot to kill" proclamation.
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A site with overview information on the earthquake and fires, plus an image gallery, and a list of interesting facts.
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Check out the Smithsonian Museum's virtual gallery of the Wright brothers' early gliders.
Historical Documents
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The San Francisco Museum provides eyewitness accounts of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
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These real newspaper announcements from 1909 are pretty awesome if you want to learn about the actual man who's flight was the inspiration for Dragonwings.
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The NY Times provides a copy of their 1909 article on Fun Joe Guey.
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The manuscript of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Video
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Some old footage of San Francisco's China town in 1900.
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What got Laurence Yep into writing, you ask? What does his voice sound like? Find out here!
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Some amazing old footage provides a video tour of San Francisco comparing the city in 1905 to the city in 1906, following the earthquake.
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A slideshow of images from the Library of Congress showing children in Chinatown between 1850 and 1925.
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So that's what Yep means by bottom wing…
Audio
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Images
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A photo from the Berkeley Repertory Theater's adaptation of Dragonwings. Check out that Dragon King!
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A photo of Laurence Yep
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A 19th century cartoon of Uncle Sam kicking a Chinese immigrant out of the US.