kaneshiro takeo (4 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very nice book, tight and square with bright covers and spine, clean unmarked interior. Sturdy binding.

hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Clean crisp copy with no markings., Slight tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Very good. Etat de la jaquette : Very good. First Edition. "This revealing book presents in both memoir and diary form the first-hand observations of Japanese American civilians held in detention camps during World War II [.] The reader meets a bitter Japanese American high school student who has been calmly pursuing his studies in the hope of going to college, and is now rejected by colleges because he has been imprisoned by Americans for being a Nisei (an American of Japanese descent). Here, too, is a young internee whose decision is to join the U.S. military." Octavo: [x], 102 p. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles. Light rubbing to the corners and tips, with some mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.

Hardcover. 102p., very good first edition in like dj. Kaneshiro, a Kibei who was born in Hawai'i and educated partially in Okinawa, was incarcerated at Rohwer before being sent on to other relocation centers including Tule Lake. He had applied for repatriation to Japan but ultimately decided to stay in the US, eventually settling in Los Angeles.