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Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1972 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. It was adapted in the form of a television movie in 1976 starring Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, and Mako. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is a Japanese American writer. ... Telefilm redirects here. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (森田 沢之 Morita Noriyuki), (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an Japanese American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ... Mako or similar may be: Places Makó, a town in Hungary Makung, a city on the main Pescadore Island in the Taiwan Strait (alternate romanization) People Mako Akishino, Princess of Japan Makoto Iwamatsu (1933 – ), a Japanese actor Benjamin Mako Hill, a Debian developer Other Mako shark, one or more species...

Plot Summary

The book describes Wakatsuki Houston's (Jeanne) and her family's experience being detained at the Manzanar internment camp as part of the United States government's internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, as well as events concerning her family both before and after the internment. Manzanar National Historic Site (formerly the Manzanar War Relocation Center) was a Japanese American internment camp during World War II that operated in the Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine, California on the south, and Independence, California on the north. ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Jerome War Relocation Center in Jerome, Arkansas Japanese American Internment was the forced removal of approximately 12[1] Japanese and Japanese Americans (62 percent of whom were United States citizens)[2][3] from the West Coast of the United States during World War II. While approximately 3 were able to... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Main Characters

Jeanne, the main character of the book, is a nisei (the child of an immigrant). She was 7 at the time of the internment. She is in many ways American, speaking only English, and wanting to fit in. After her family is released from the camp, she feels limited by her heritage while trying to advance in life.

Ko Watsuki, Jeanne's father. He immigrated directly from Japan and left behind many relatives.

Woody, who is Jeanne's brother.

Shikata ga nai is a phrase used often within the book, and is a phrase meaning that a person has to endure what cannot be changed. Shikata ga nai (仕方が無い) is a popular phrase used in Japanese literature and media, meaning It cant be helped or There is no other way. ...

This non-fiction book has become a staple of curriculum in schools and universities across the United States. Students in Rome, Italy. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ...

External links

• Farewell to Manzanar at the Internet Movie Database