Setsuko's secret : Heart Mountain and the legacy of the Japanese American incarceration
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Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2020.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, ©2020.
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Book
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xii, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-337) and index.
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As children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp in the aftermath of Executive Order 9066.Only after a serious cancer diagnosis did Shirley's mother, Setsuko, share her vision for a museum at the site of the former camp, where she had been donating funds and volunteering in secret for many years. After Setsuko's death, Shirley skeptically accepted an invitation to visit the site, a journey that would forever change her life and introduce her to a part of her mother she never knew.Navigating the complicated terrain of the Japanese American experience, Shirley patched together Setsuko's story and came to understand the forces and generational trauma that shaped her own life. Moving seamlessly between family and communal history, Setsuko's Secret offers a clear window into the "camp life" that was rarely revealed to the children of the incarcerated. This volume powerfully insists that we reckon with the pain in our collective American past. -- amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Higuchi, S. A. (2020). Setsuko's secret: Heart Mountain and the legacy of the Japanese American incarceration . The University of Wisconsin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Higuchi, Shirley Ann. 2020. Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. The University of Wisconsin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Higuchi, Shirley Ann. Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Higuchi, Shirley Ann. Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration The University of Wisconsin Press, 2020.
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