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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In this incisive companion to Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II, Cooper examines life in the Manzanar relocation camp in eastern California, where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were exiled between March 1942 and November 1945. Framing his account with chapters describing his 2001 visit to the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which attracts former residents and their descendants to the site, the author conveys the lasting effects of and strong sentiments still associated with the government's WWII confinement of American citizens, an act he deems "one of the most serious mistakes in our nation's history." Cooper draws from primary sources, including the records of the War Relocation Authority and microfilm copies of the Manzanar Free Press, a biweekly newspaper published in the camp, to compose a clear portrait of residents' living conditions and daily routines. The inclusion of quotes from those who lived at Manzanar gives the book a sense of immediacy as well as a sharp emotional edge. Reinforcing the bitter irony of this experience are such pointed comments as that of a then 12-year-old boy, who asks, "What's the use of studying American history when we're behind barbed wire?" Carefully selected photos (including some by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams) balance government-sanctioned and unofficial pictures of life in the camp. Visuals and text resolutely portray a painful chapter in America's past. Ages 9-12.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-This account of life in the World War II relocation center is framed by introductory and concluding chapters about the author's participation in the 2001 Manzanar Pilgrimage. Although covering some of the same historical information as Daniel Davis's Behind Barbed Wire (Dutton, 1982; o.p.) and Ellen Levine's A Fence Away from Freedom (Putnam, 1995), this book has some unique features. It includes quotations taken from the Manzanar Free Press, published by the evacuees under the scrutiny of camp officials, and a chapter about the photographers whose work accompanies the text on almost every page. They include Dorothea Lange; Ansel Adams; and Toyo Miyatake, a professional photographer from Los Angeles who smuggled film and a camera lens into the camp. This book is intended for a younger audience than Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston's autobiographical Farewell to Manzanar (Bantam, 1983). It will complement Jerry Stanley's I Am an American (Crown, 1994), which focuses on the experiences of specific Manzanar evacuees. It is especially suited to readers who already know a bit about the subject from Eve Bunting's picture book So Far from the Sea (Clarion, 1998) or Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us (Lee & Low, 1993) and want to learn more.
Ginny Gustin, Sonoma County Library System, Santa Rosa, CA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In this incisive companion to Fighting for Honor: Japanese Americans and World War II, Cooper examines life in the Manzanar relocation camp in eastern California, where more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were exiled between March 1942 and November 1945. Framing his account with chapters describing his 2001 visit to the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, which attracts former residents and their descendants to the site, the author conveys the lasting effects of and strong sentiments still associated with the government's WWII confinement of American citizens, an act he deems "one of the most serious mistakes in our nation's history." Cooper draws from primary sources, including the records of the War Relocation Authority and microfilm copies of the Manzanar Free Press, a biweekly newspaper published in the camp, to compose a clear portrait of residents' living conditions and daily routines. The inclusion of quotes from those who lived at Manzanar gives the book a sense of immediacy as well as a sharp emotional edge. Reinforcing the bitter irony of this experience are such pointed comments as that of a then 12-year-old boy, who asks, "What's the use of studying American history when we're behind barbed wire?" Carefully selected photos (including some by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams) balance government-sanctioned and unofficial pictures of life in the camp. Visuals and text resolutely portray a painful chapter in America's past. Ages 9-12.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8-This account of life in the World War II relocation center is framed by introductory and concluding chapters about the author's participation in the 2001 Manzanar Pilgrimage. Although covering some of the same historical information as Daniel Davis's Behind Barbed Wire (Dutton, 1982; o.p.) and Ellen Levine's A Fence Away from Freedom (Putnam, 1995), this book has some unique features. It includes quotations taken from the Manzanar Free Press, published by the evacuees under the scrutiny of camp officials, and a chapter about the photographers whose work accompanies the text on almost every page. They include Dorothea Lange; Ansel Adams; and Toyo Miyatake, a professional photographer from Los Angeles who smuggled film and a camera lens into the camp. This book is intended for a younger audience than Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston's autobiographical Farewell to Manzanar (Bantam, 1983). It will complement Jerry Stanley's I Am an American (Crown, 1994), which focuses on the experiences of specific Manzanar evacuees. It is especially suited to readers who already know a bit about the subject from Eve Bunting's picture book So Far from the Sea (Clarion, 1998) or Ken Mochizuki's Baseball Saved Us (Lee & Low, 1993) and want to learn more.
Ginny Gustin, Sonoma County Library System, Santa Rosa, CA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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