{"product_id":"farewell-to-manzanar","title":"Farewell to Manzanar","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFarewell to Manzanar\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJeanne Wakatsuki Houston\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781328742117\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eClarion Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling and acclaimed author Traci Chee, and photographs of life at the camp by Toyo Miyatake.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eFarewell to Manzanar, \u003c\/em\u003eJeanne 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\n\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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Farewell to Manzanar | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston | Hardcover | 9781328742117 | Used: Like New | YA 1629272","offer_id":50701468795138,"sku":"1629272","price":31.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91naI_wlmpL.jpg?v=1791608827","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/farewell-to-manzanar","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}