Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World
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HardCover. Pub Date :2002-04-29 Pages: 208 Language: English Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ... During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California. east 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. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar 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 peo...
HardCover. Pub Date :2002-04-29 Pages: 208 Language: English Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ... During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California. east 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. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar 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 peo...