ThedefinitiveanthologyofJapaneseAmericaninternment.“Inthesestoriesareliftedupourhumanity,ourindomitablespiritanddignity,animplacablequestforjustice“-JaniceMirikitaniShortlyaftertheJapaneseattackedPearlHarbor,theUnitedStatesgovernmentuprooted120,000peopleofJapanesedescentfromtheirhomesandbanishedthemtoremoteinternmentcamps.Thiscollectionofreminiscences,stories,poems,photographs,andgraphicartexpressestherangeofpowerfulandsometimesconflictingemotionsthatarosefromtheinternmentexperience.Alsoincludedarepropaganda,governmentdocuments,andstoriesofthoseoutsidethecampswhoseliveswereinterwovenwiththoseoftheinternees.
