Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Paperback | Pages: 203 pages Rating: 3.61 | 11565 Users | 1190 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment |
| ISBN: | 0553272586 (ISBN13: 9780553272581) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Independence(United States) |
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Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp—with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton twirling lessons and a dance band called the Jive Bombers who would play any popular song except the nation's #1 hit: "Don't Fence Me In." Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention—and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States.Itemize Epithetical Books Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
| Title | : | Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment |
| Author | : | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 203 pages |
| Published | : | 1995 by Dell (first published 1972) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Academic. School. War. World War II. Historical |
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Ratings: 3.61 From 11565 Users | 1190 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
I saw this movie way back in junior high, but I couldn't remember having read the book.A straightforward, easy to read, first-person account of something that never should have happened here in America. The author was only seven years old at the time her family went into the camp. It's interesting to read her views of the situation as a child, then later in the book to see her perspective looking back, when she realizes the long-term effects of that early experience.
A good look at a part of American history that many Americans may not know about, the internment camps during World War II that housed Japanese Americans for about three years. This story tells about life in one of the camps, Manzanar, and how it affected the author and her family. It also tells about the after effects that staying at the camp had on the author long after she left. Highly recommend 👍
"I smiled and sat down, suddenly aware of what being of Japanese ancestry was going to be like. I wouldn't be faced with physical attack, or with overt shows of hatred. Rather, I would be seen as someone foreign, or as someone other than American, or perhaps not be seen at all."I knew quite a bit about the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII going into this book, but this was a really important and honest look into what everyday life was like for the internees. I would definitely
A first person account of a Japanese Interment Camp during the WW2 epoch. I highly recommend.
3.75 starsThis is the memoir of a woman who lived in a Japanese internment camp when she was very young (age 7-11). While the internment is a key part of the book, its also about family and how events like this shaped them for years to come.Its not very long and feels like it was written for a younger audience, though Jeanne says her goal was just to make it accessible to many ages. Its kind of hard to rate.I have family in Tulelake on the Oregon-California border. I was much older before I knew
Reviewed by Taylor Rector for TeensReadToo.comFAREWELL TO MANZANAR is the chilling autobiography of a Japanese-American girl who survived the interment camps during World War II. When I began reading this book I had no idea what the "internment" camps were. This is a subject that not many know about and is not a very well-known time in history. "Internment" camps were camps that the American government put together after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor to house all of the Japanese-Americans who lived
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