Farewell to Manzanar : a true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War II incarceration
Edition
Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Publication Information
New York : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Physical Description
xiv, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
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."--
Notes
Originally published in 1973.
Subjects
- Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Juvenile literature.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Juvenile literature.
- Japanese Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
- Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps.
- Japanese Americans > Biography.
- Manzanar War Relocation Center > Juvenile literature.
- Manzanar War Relocation Center.
- Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki > Juvenile literature.
- Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki.