Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire
Title:
Desert diary : Japanese American kids behind barbed wire
Author:
Tunnell, Michael O., author.
ISBN:
9781580897891
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Physical Description:
134 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents:
Prologue: "I pledge allegiance" -- Unwanted -- A square mile of desert -- Barracks, mess halls, and latrines -- School days -- The war -- Take me out to the ball game -- Creatures -- Holidays, festivals, and worship -- Is there a doctor in the house? -- Congratulations and condolences, hellos and goodbyes -- Going home -- Epilogue: Moving forward.
Abstract:
"In March 1943, twenty-seven children began third grade in a strange new environment: the Topaz Relocation Center in Utah. Together with their teacher, Miss Yamauchi, these uprooted young Americans began keeping a classroom diary, with a different child illustrating each day's entry. Their full-color diary entries paint a vivid picture of daily life in an internment camp: schoolwork, sports, pets, holidays, health--and the mixed feelings of citizens who were loyal but distrusted"-- Provided by publisher.
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