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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)

Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Paperback | Pages: 203 pages

Rating: 3.61 | 11565 Users | 1190 Reviews

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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	:	Special 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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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.

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A first person account of a Japanese Interment Camp during the WW2 epoch. I highly recommend.



The scene where Jeanne's mother throws her china dishes onto the floor - one by one - in front of a salesman who wants to buy them for an offensively low price, just because he knows she has no choice -is one of the best moments of triumph of the human spirit over injustice that I have ever read. I will never forget it.

I was incensed at the government for the first time in my life after reading this at age 11. That was the first time I looked at the myths of our country critically. I think it's sad that they only way children learn about the Japanese internment situation is through reading outside of school.

Although I've read a lot of stories written by Holocaust survivors, this was the first book that I have read about the Japanese-American internment camps. This is a part of American history that many, many Americans seem to know nothing about.

Not one of my 800+ Goodreads friends has read this book and I find that very sad. This is definitely a book everyone should read and an injustice everyone should be aware of. Let's learn from history, so we can make sure that certain atrocities are never repeated. This book is fantastic and I am thankful to my dad for giving it to me for my birthday. ❤

An incredible book that taught me a lot about the Manzanar internment camp, which I wasn't very familiar with. It explores the effect of this on Jeanne and her family during this time, and also after. It's quick, easy to follow and well worth the read.