Other Works by Scott D. Seligman
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Second Reckoning: Race, Injustice and the Last
Hanging in Annapolis recounts the story of John
Snowden, a Black man accused of murder in Annapolis,
Maryland, in 1917. He refused to confess despite
undergoing torture, was tried—through legal
shenanigans—by an all-white jury, was found guilty
on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death.
Eight decades after his hanging, however, thanks to
tireless efforts by interested citizens and family
members,” Snowden was pardoned posthumously by the
governor of Maryland. The book uses the case to
bring posthumous pardons into the national
conversation about amends for past racial injustices.
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book explores an unsolved murder committed amid the
chaos that reigned in northeast China in the run-up
to World War II. Against the backdrop of a
three-country struggle for control of Manchuria, a
young Jewish musician is kidnapped, tortured and
ultimately murdered by disaffected, anti-semitic
White Russians. They are suspected to be working for
the newly arrived Japanese occupiers who have carved
the territory off from China and proclaimed it the
state of Manchukuo. Part cold-case thriller and part
social history, the true, macabre tale of Semyon
Kaspé is told in the context of the larger story of
the 20,000 Jews who had called this Chinese city
home at the beginning of last century.
 Part
murder mystery, part courtroom drama and part
landmark legal case study, The Third Degree: The
Triple Murder that Shook Washington and Changed
American Criminal Justice tells the true, but
forgotten, story of a young Chinese man’s abuse by
the police and his arduous, seven-year journey
through the legal system that that drew in Warren G.
Harding, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
John W. Davis and even J. Edgar Hoover and helped
lay the groundwork for the Supreme Court's famous
Miranda decision.
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true story of money, murder, gambling, prostitution
and opium: the Chinese gang wars that engulfed New
York’s Chinatown from the 1890s through the 1930s.
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money and
Murder in New York's Chinatown is historical
true-crime set against the perfect landscape:
Tammany-era New York City. Representatives of rival
tongs (secret societies) corner the various vice
markets using admirably creative strategies. The
book roars through three decades of turmoil, with
characters ranging from gangsters and drug lords to
reformers and do-gooders to judges, prosecutors,
cops, and pols of every stripe.
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firebrand and a trailblazer, Wong Chin Foo, whose
life in chronicled in The First Chinese
American: The Remarkable Life of Wong Chin Foo,
challenged Americans to live up to the values they
so freely espoused on one hand, and so utterly
failed to apply to the Chinese on the other. The
first to use the term "Chinese American," the first
to organize an association of Chinese voters and the
first Chinese to testify before Congress, he charted
the path to an entirely new identity - that of the
Chinese American.
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Tough Chinamen is the true story of three
scrappy and ambitious brothers. Late 19th century
Chinese immigrants to America, they had come to
stay. The trio crossed lines and broke barriers.
Tough men whose lives were hemmed in by prejudice
and restrictive laws, they fought hard for their
share of the American dream, spoke out against
injustice and fought for their countrymen.
 Written
with Sasha Gong, The Cultural Revolution
Cookbook tells of the 17 million city youth
“sent down” to the countryside from 1966-1976. Life
was hard, but they learned to prepare tasty and
healthy dishes with the fresh, wholesome foods in
season, to conserve scarce fuel and to improvise
when ingredients were unavailable. These authentic
recipes are easy to prepare in an American kitchen.
 Business
is booming as thousands flock to China to seize
explosive opportunities. But knowing the protocol
and being aware of cultural differences is a must.
Chinese Business Etiquette, an Amazon
bestseller, provides advice on how to succeed, avoid
gaffes, interpret behavior and make a positive
impression. It provides hands-on advice on meeting
and greeting people, participating in a business
meeting and a Chinese banquet, gift-giving and
navigating the Chinese bureaucracy.
 Written
with I-chuan Chen, Mandarin Chinese at a Glance,
this illustrated phrasebook for travelers is
perfect as a take-along guide for visitors to China.
It features general information and bilingual lists
of 1,500 most-often-used words and expressions for
travelers, with phonetic spellings, Chinese
characters and English translations. The book is
sold by itself and may also be purchased bundled
with an audio CD that includes approximately 70
minutes of bilingual dialogue and an audioscript.
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