Ehrlich explores the twin solitudes of political exile and geographic isolation in this powerful novel--the story of Japanese Americans forced into a relocation camp--set in Wyoming during World War II.
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This first novel builds itself around the WW II internment of some 100,000 Japanese-Americans. Ehrlich's assiduous research is evident, but, worthy as her intentions may be, her characters often are only wafer-thin. "The novel succeeds less as a full-blooded work of fiction than as a compassionate documentary," noted PW .
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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When Japanese-Americans were relocated during World War II, about 10,000 were sent to Heart Mountain Relocation Camp in Wyoming. Ehrlich's first novel portrays the camp as it was seen by the ranchers and small-town residents who lived outside its gatespeople like Mckay, who runs the family ranch while his brothers fight in the Pacific and whose cook, Bobby Korematsu, ends up at Heart Mountain. It also portrays the diverse population of the camp, people swept away by the forces of history and an avalanche of racial prejudice. Author of poems, essays, and the highly praised The Solace of Open Spaces ( LJ 11/1/85)a paean to her adopted stateEhrlich here puts her considerable gifts to good use, expressing her love for the land and people of Wyoming in beautifully crafted prose. Dean Willms, Vail P.L., Col.
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Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Poignant look at a tragic time in American History,
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Ms Erlich has written an excellent perspective of the tragic relocation of the Nisei Japanese during WWII. She carefully and artistically describes the impact on these loyal Americans and the their impact on the community in Wyoming of which they were forced to become a part. She describes the feelings of the Rocky Mountain West rural community forced to recieve these "foreigners" and how they accepted and/or rejected these people moved simply because of their ethnicity and how the relationship between a young rancher and a japanese-american women grows and changes both people. An excellent read
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A incredibly moving story,
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This is one of my all time favorite books. I've recommended it to more people than I can remember, especially if they don't know much about the internment of the Japanese Americans during WWII. My husband doesn't read much fiction, but I convinced him to read this book and he loved it. I talked my nephew into reading it when he was eighteen and he did too. It is so well-written and so believable that my only disappointment is that Ms. Ehrlich hasn't written more fiction.
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SO ENGROSSING!,
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I throughly enjoyed this Novel, based upon the true story of the Japanese Internment Camp located at Heart Mountain, WY. I would highly recommend it!
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Then it was the day McKay's brothers left for the front by bus to the county seat, train to San Francisco, troop transfer ship to the Hawaiian Islands, and from there, catapulted into what was known as the Pacific theater, as if war had a proscenium. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flannel curtains, errant bomb, black coupe, leave clearance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Heart Mountain, Wild Man, Carol Lyman, New Year, Velma Vermeer, Fair Play Committee, San Francisco, Cobb's Creek, Milky Way, Tule Lake, United States, Secretary of War, Bobby Korematsu, Christmas Eve, Jimmy Big Elk, Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles, San Diego, Will Okubo, Doc Hoffman, Big Dipper, Billings Gazette, Carter Heaney, Kai Nakamura, Military Commander New!
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Then it was the day McKay's brothers left for the front by bus to the county seat, train to San Francisco, troop transfer ship to the Hawaiian Islands, and from there, catapulted into what was known as the Pacific theater, as if war had a proscenium. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flannel curtains, errant bomb, black coupe, leave clearance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Heart Mountain, Wild Man, Carol Lyman, New Year, Velma Vermeer, Fair Play Committee, San Francisco, Cobb's Creek, Milky Way, Tule Lake, United States, Secretary of War, Bobby Korematsu, Christmas Eve, Jimmy Big Elk, Pearl Harbor, Los Angeles, San Diego, Will Okubo, Doc Hoffman, Big Dipper, Billings Gazette, Carter Heaney, Kai Nakamura, Military Commander New!
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