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1	Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps more books like this by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald add to wishlist In 1941, Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was a teenage girl who, like other Americans, reacted with horror to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Yet soon she and her family were among 110,000 innocent people imprisoned by the U.S. government because of their Japanese ancestry. In this eloquent memoir, she describes both the day-to-day and the dramatic turning ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment more books like this by Jerry Stanley add to wishlist An account of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Through historical facts and a portrait of Shi Nomura, one of the nearly 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were imprisoned, readers will learn about this dark facet of American history. Black-and-white photographs accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Farewell to Manzanar W/Conn more books like this by Rheinhart And Winston Holt, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| SVS
4	Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945 more books like this by Gordon H Chang (Editor) add to wishlist This book has a dual purpose. The first is to present a biography of Yamato Ichihashi, a Stanford University professor who was one of the first academics of Asian ancestry in the United States. The second purpose is to present, through Ichihashi s wartime writings, the only comprehensive first-person account of internment life by one of the 120 ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $14.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Honor by Fire more books like this by Lyn Crost add to wishlist When President Truman personally welcomed home the Japanese-American soldiers of the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team, he said: "You fought not only the enemy, but you fought prejudice--and you have won". Now a war correspondent who served in the Pacific and Europe tells their incredible stories. Photos and maps. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
6	The Moon Bridge more books like this by Marcia Savin add to wishlist The friendship between San Francisco girls Mitzi Fujimoto and Ruthie Fox is changed when World War II begins and Mitzi and her family are forced to go into an internment camp. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $62.69! \| first editions \| SVS
7	What Did the Internment of Japanese Americans Mean? more books like this by Alice Yang Murray add to wishlist During World War II, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed and confined for four years in 16 camps located throughout the western half of the United States. Yet the internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps remains a largely unknown episode of World War II history. In these selections, students are invited to investigate this ... see all copies from $5.81! new only from $18.01! \| SVS
8	Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference more books like this by Joanne F Oppenheim, Elizabeth Kikuchi Yamada (Foreword by), Snowden Becker (Afterword by) add to wishlist In the early 1940's, Clara Breed was the children's librarian at the San Diego Public Library. But she was also friend to dozens of Japanese American children and teens when war broke out in December of 1941. The story of what happened to these American citizens is movingly told through letters that her young friends wrote to Miss Breed during ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Judgment Without Trial: Japanese American Imprisonment During World War II more books like this by Tetsuden Kashima add to wishlist "Judgment without Trial" reveals that long before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government began making plans for the eventual internment and later incarceration of the Japanese American population. Tetsuden Kashima uses newly obtained records to trace this process back to the 1920s, when a nascent imprisonment organization was developed ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $15.21! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Adios to Tears more books like this by Seiichi Higashide, C Harvey Gardiner (Foreword by), Elsa H Kudo (Preface by) add to wishlist "Adios to Tears" is the very personal story of Seiichi Higashide (1909-97), whose life in three countries was shaped by a bizarre and little-known episode in the history of World War II. Born in Hokkaido, Higashide emigrated to Peru in 1931. By the late 1930s he was a shopkeeper and community leader in the provincial town of Ica, but following the ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $25.24! \| SVS
11	The Unquiet Nisei: An Oral History of the Life of Sue Kunitomi Embrey more books like this by Diana Meyers Bahr add to wishlist An oral-history-based biography of a seminal Asian-American activist. The book traces Embrey's life from her youth in the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles, to her harrowing experiences in the Japanese internment camps, to her many decades of passionate advocacy on behalf of her fellow internees. see all copies from $29.62! new only from $29.62! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Japanese-American Internment Camps more books like this by Bryan J Grapes (Editor) add to wishlist In addition to providing the impetus for American entry into World War II, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the forced removal of 110,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast to remote camps in barren inland areas. The authors in this volume illustrate the arguments in favor of relocation, as well as provide personal experiences of ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
13	The Harvest of Hate more books like this by Georgia D. Robertson add to wishlist Based upon the World War II evacuation and incarceration of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them United States citizens, The Harvest to Hate recounts in fictional form an American tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Wherever I Go, I Will Always Be a Loyal American: Schooling Seattle's Japanese Americans During World War II more books like this by Yoon K Pak add to wishlist This is the story of how the Seattle public schools responded to the news of its Japanese American (Nisei) students' internment upon the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 14, 1942. Drawing upon previously untapped letters and compositions written by the students themselves during the time in which the ... see all copies from $16.25! new only from $26.34! \| SVS
15 view cover	American Dreams more books like this by Lisa Banim add to wishlist Developments in World War II force Amy Mochida and her family to move from Hollywood to an internment camp with other Japanese Americans, changing Amy's friendship with eleven-year-old Jeannie. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.64!
16 view cover	Internment of the Japanese more books like this by Diane Yancey add to wishlist From March 1942 to December 1944, thousands of innocent American citizens were incarcerated by their own government in prison camps throughout the West. The story of the internment of the Japanese is one of the most shameful in U.S. history, but also serves as a lesson in triumph over adversity. see all copies from $1.99!
17 view cover	Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II more books like this by Professor Gary Y Okihiro, Joan Myers (Photographer) add to wishlist Gathers memories of the detention camps. see all copies from $14.72! new only from $195.14!
18 view cover	Japanese American Internment Camps more books like this by Gail Sakurai add to wishlist - One of few series that covers a broad range of major events throughout U.S. history - Primary source quotes are included - Includes expanded subject coverage, subheadings, informative sidebars, glossary terms, timelines, and additional resources, as well as an attractive new design and dramatic photographs - Core-curriculum subjects see all copies from $3.01! new only from $3.01! \| SVS
19	Dishonoring America: The Collective Guilt of American Japanese more books like this by Americans for Historical Accuracy add to wishlist see all copies from $7.75! first editions
20	Pearl Harbor Ghosts more books like this by Thurston Clarke add to wishlist "A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, "Pearl" "Harbor" "Ghosts" has now been updated to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surprise attack that forever changed the course of history. " Full of gripping drama and vibrant details, here is the intimate human story of the events surrounding that fateful day of December 7, 1941 ... see all copies from $8.00!
21 view cover	Japanese Americans"go for Brok more books like this by Tom McGowen add to wishlist Despite the injustices inflicted upon Japanese Americans by the U.S. government during World War II, many desperately wanted to serve their country. Though most were turned away, the U.S. Armed Forces agreed to form two all-Japanese-American regiments that quickly took their place among the Army's elite. This book looks at their remarkable ... see all copies from $1.99!
22 view cover	Japanese-American Internment more books like this by Nextext (Creator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
23	John Aiso and the M.I.S. : Japanese-American soldiers in the Military Intelligence Service, World War II more books like this by Tad Ichinokuchi, Daniel Aiso, Military Intelligence Service Club of Southern California add to wishlist see all copies from $12.95! new only from $129.95! \| first editions
24	Kinenhi, reflections on Tule Lake. more books like this by Tule Lake Committee add to wishlist see all copies from $50.00!
25 view cover	1,000 Days in Siberia: The Odyssey of a Japanese-American POW more books like this by Iwao Peter Sano add to wishlist 'How does a one-time American farm boy become a Japanese Imperial Army prisoner of war in the Soviet Union after World War II? Iwao Peter Sano's tale of how this happened to him is remarkable enough. But equally remarkable is that he can speak of starving, nearly dying and catching malaria in Siberian POW camps with a voice that is quietly ... see all copies from $37.50!

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