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Authors Margaret Juhae Lee and Carol Smith discuss Margaret’s exhaustive search to learn the history of her Korean grandfather, thought a criminal by her family, and the shocking discovery of his heroism in the run up to WWII.
As a young girl growing up in Houston, Margaret Juhae Lee knew nothing of her grandfather, Lee Chul Ha. His history was lost in early twentieth-century Korea and guarded by Margaret’s grandmother, who was widowed in 1936 with two young sons after Lee Chul Ha's untimely death as a young man. To his surviving family, Lee Chul Ha had been a criminal. Margaret suspected that there was more to his story and she became determined to uncover it.
Starry Field: chronicles the exhaustive search Margaret undertook to find her grandfather's story, and the story she uncovered. Combining investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research, Margaret reveals the shocking truth -- he was no common criminal, but an influential and brave student revolutionary imprisoned in 1929 for protesting the Japanese occupation of Korea in the lead up to WWII. He was a hero, and as a result of Margaret's efforts, was honored as a Patriot of South Korea almost 60 years after his death.
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A reception shall be held after the event at which copies of Margaret's and Carol's books will be available for purchase and inscribing by the authors.
If you cannot make the event, you can purchase a copy of either or both books and we will have the authors inscribe them for you at the event. We will have the book available for pick up, or we can ship it anywhere within the USA for a small fee.
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