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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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Main Author: Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki, (Author)
Corporate Author: Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Contributors: Houston, James D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, 1974, c1973.
New York : 1974, ©1973.
Subjects and Genres:
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki.
Manzanar War Relocation Center.
1939-1945
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
Japanese Americans > California > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > California.
World War, 1939-1945.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Relogement et internement forcés, 1942-1945.
Américains d'origine japonaise > Californie > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Évacuation des civils > Californie.
Evacuation of civilians.
Japanese Americans.
California.
Biography
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • "What is Pearl Harbor?"
  • Shikata ga nai
  • Different kind of sand
  • Common master plan
  • Almost a family
  • Whatever he did had flourish
  • Fort Lincoln: an interview
  • Inu
  • Mess hall bells
  • Reservoir shack: an aside
  • Yes yes no no
  • Manzanar, U.S.A.
  • Outings, explorations
  • In the firebreak
  • Departures
  • Free to go
  • It's all starting over
  • Ka-ke, near Hiroshima: April 1946
  • Re-entry
  • Double impulse
  • Girl of my dreams
  • Ten thousand voices.

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