I was fortunately to have this opportunity to reintroduce my image to the public.” In addition to his role on Daddy Good Deeds, he also sang the series' theme song, which was very well received. But now I knew that rather to have a sudden rise in life, I prefer to work hard step-by-step. I often lost my temper when I felt unhappy with some small thing. In response to his role, Siu remarked that “It was too easy for me to succeed in the past, then I become arrogant. The role brought him his first TVB acting nomination as a supporting actor. In 2012, he starred in the TV drama Daddy Good Deeds playing the character "Yip Kwai" with an image that subverted from his early career. Starting with minor supporting roles he eventually climbed to lead actor roles at TVB. Siu has said 2004 was one of his most depressing year as his career spiraled downhill and his father also died.įinding little success in mainland and missing his family, Siu returned to Hong Kong in 2008 to sign with TVB as an actor. He was sent to Beijing and was eventually dropped by his management company in 2004, preventing him from releasing any new albums. Siu's career plummeted immediately and was sent by his management company to restart his career in mainland China. The following day his comment was taken out of context with news reports claiming that Siu's comments were made towards fellow singer Juno Mak, who was known for his wealthy father's backing of his career, angering Mak's supporters and fans. However, Siu's initial success ended abruptly in 2002 after he made the controversial statement “the good will always prevail” at the 2002 JSG award after party. After a fierce competition with new singers including Juno Mak and Shawn Yue, he won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2001, he distinguished himself in a singing contest and was signed by Music Nation Group as a singer and found early success. Given the scarcity of eyewitness testimonies to navy life and life in African American regiments, this book is a rarity indeed.Siu became popular in high school as a singer. With Burkhardt’s careful editing and useful annotations, Bacon’s letters and diary excerpts give rare insight into areas of the Civil War that have been neglected because of a lack of available sources. Furthermore, his beliefs about race, slavery, and the Union cause were unconventional for the time and stand in contrast to those held by many of his contemporaries.ĭouble Duty in the Civil War is filled with lively descriptions of the men Bacon met and the events he experienced. The narrative of his duty with black troops is especially valuable, since few first-hand accounts from white officers of the U.S. His highly entertaining letters shed new light on naval affairs and reveal a close-knit family life. He recalls sweating in South Carolina as an infantry officer during drill and picket duty, suffering constant danger in the battlefield trenches of Virginia, marching victoriously on fallen Richmond, and tolerating the boredom of occupation duty in Texas. Bacon.īacon tells of hunting Confederate commerce raiders on the high seas, enduring the tedium of blockade duty, and taking part in riverine warfare on the Mississippi. Burkhardt has compiled these letters, as well as Bacon’s diary in the impressive Double Duty in the Civil War: The Letters of Sailor and Soldier Edward W. Colored Infantry, and he described these experiences in vibrant letters to his friends and family. His postings included being a captain’s clerk on the USS Iroquois, a hospital clerk in his hometown, a captain in the 29th Connecticut Infantry (Colored), and a major in the 117th U.S. Over the next four years Bacon served in both the Union navy and army, which gave him a sweeping view of the Civil War. In 1861 at the age of eighteen, Edward Woolsey Bacon, a Yale student and son of well-known abolitionist minister Leonard Bacon, left his home in New Haven, Connecticut, to fight for the United States.
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