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Overview
In 1935, 17-year-old I.M. Pei left his family in Shanghai, China, to study architecture in the United States. Though he had intended to return home after earning his college degree, the Japanese invasion of China and the outbreak of World War II changed his plans. Over the next half century, Pei would establish himself as one of the leading architects in the world. Best known for his dazzling glass pyramid entrance to the Louvre Museum, Pei has designed dozens of other critically acclaimed structures, including the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Pei's latest project, completed when he was 91 years old, is the widely praised Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar.
Asian Americans of Achievement explores the lives of notable Americans who are of Asian descent or who immigrated to the United States from Asia. Readers will team about the lives of important artists, athletes, politicians, and entertainers and will discover how being Asian American affected the subjects and informed their work. Special boxed insets on "Being Asian American," "The Story of My Family," and "Between the Generations" will allow readers to experience an important part of American history.