Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls her childhood at a Japanese incarceration camp. During 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 was to house thousands of Japanese Americans.

The true story of a Japanese American family during World War II.

True story of one Japanese American family and their attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention.

The true story of the impact that the internment of Japanese living in the U.S. During World War II had on one family.

The American-born author describes her family's experience and impressions when they were forced to relocate in a camp for the Japanese in Owens Valley, California, during World War II.