For their teleplay for the NBC television drama based on Farewell to Manzanar, they received the prestigious Humanitas Prize. She studied sociology and journalism at San Jose State University, where she met her husband and cowriter of her memoir Farewell to Manzanar, James D. AGES: 12 and up AUTHORS: Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston was born in Inglewood, California, in 1934.

First published in 1973, this new edition of the classic memoir of a devastating Japanese American experience includes an inspiring afterword by the authors. Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who was seven years old when she arrived at Manzanar in 1942, recalls life in the camp through the eyes of the child she was. th them only the belongings they could carry. Among them was the Wakatsuki family, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take wi. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Named one of the twentieth century's 100 best nonfiction books from west of the Rockies by the San Francisco Chronicle.During World War II a community called Manzanar was created in the high mountain desert country of California. Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar.įarewell to Manzanar has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and great resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances.

In Farewell to Manzanar, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was. For her father it was essentially the end of his life. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a seven-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. The powerful true story of life in a Japanese American internment camp.ĭuring World War II the community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras.

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