{"product_id":"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","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017-07-11\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp in this engrossing memoir that has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. This special 50th-anniversary edition features a new cover, a foreword by New York Times bestselling and acclaimed author Traci Chee, and photographs of life at the camp by Toyo Miyatake.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDuring World War II the incarceration camp called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose? To house thousands of Japanese Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was and the experiences of her family. She relays the mundane and remarkable details of daily life during an extraordinary period of American history: The wartime imprisonment of civilians, most native-born Americans, in their own country, without trial, and by their fellow Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137386889385,"sku":"PHBK-9781328742117","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/1933983482661.jpg?v=1780324966","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/farewell-to-manzanar-a-true-story-of-japanese-american-experience-during-and-after-the-world-war-ii-internment","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}