Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
- ISBN-10
- 0618216200
- ISBN-13
- 9780618216208
- Series
- Farewell to Manzanar
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Authors
- James D. Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Description
The American-born author describes her family's experiences and impressions when they were forced to relocate to a camp for the Japanese in Owens Valley, California, called Manzanar, during World War II, detailing how she, among others, survived in a place of oppression, confusion, and humiliation. Reissue.
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