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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 points of this profound injustice: what is was like to face an indefinite sentence in crowded, primitive camps; the struggle for survival and dignity; and the strength gained from learning what she was capable of and could do to sustain her family. It is at once a coming-of-age story with interest for young readers, an engaging narrative on a topic still not widely known, and a timely warning for the present era of terrorism. Complete with period photos, the book also brings readers up to the present, including the author's celebration of the National Japanese American Memorial dedication in 2000.

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• Full title: Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps
• Author: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9780939165537
• ISBN: 0939165538
• ID: 11584518
• Publisher: NEW SAGE PR
• Weight: 336 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 154 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: April 2005

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