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Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II incarceration / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston ; [foreword by Traci Chee ; photographs by Toyo Miyatake]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdition: Fiftieth anniversary editionDescription: xiv, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780063319059
  • 0063319055
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.54727309794 23
LOC classification:
  • D769.8.A6 H68 2023
Summary: "In this moving memoir, Jeanne Wakatsuki recalls coming of age in Manzanar, a bleak, dusty settlement behind barbed wire. She tells of her family's struggle to adjust to life in cramped barracks, fearful and searching for purpose in their new surroundings. She describes finding a sense of normalcy in activities like glee club and baton twirling, while armed guards loomed abe in watchtowers."--
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 940.5472/HOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500066942

Originally published in 1973

"In this moving memoir, Jeanne Wakatsuki recalls coming of age in Manzanar, a bleak, dusty settlement behind barbed wire. She tells of her family's struggle to adjust to life in cramped barracks, fearful and searching for purpose in their new surroundings. She describes finding a sense of normalcy in activities like glee club and baton twirling, while armed guards loomed abe in watchtowers."--

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