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Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II internment /
During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, est of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishin...
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New York :
Bantam Books,
1974, c1973.
New York : 1974, ©1973. |
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During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, est of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. For her father it was essentially the end of his life. At age thirty-seven, the author recalls life at Manzanat through the eyes of the child she was. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and great resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. |
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"A Bantam starfire book." |
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xiii, 145 pages ; 18 cm |
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0553272586 9780553272581 0553106198 9780553106190 0553135295 9780553135299 9780606032032 0606032037 |