Nisei: The Quiet Americans - Hardcover

Bill Hosokawa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688050131 ISBN 13: 9780688050139

Publisher: William Morrow, 1973

Synopsis

Hailed at the time of its publication in 1969, Bill Hosokawa's "Nisei" remains an inspiring account of the original Japanese immigrants and their role in the development of the West. Hosokawa recounts the ordeals faced by the immigrant generation and their American-born offspring, the Nisei;the ill-advised government decisions that led to their uprooting during WWII; how they withstood harsh camp life; and their courageous efforts to prove their loyalty to the United States.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Hosokawa, a native of Seattle, began his career in 1938 editing the Singapore Herald and then the Heart Mountain Sentinel (in a WWII relocation camp). He wrote for the Denver Post for thirty-eight years and the Rocky Mountain News for seven more, and published numerous books over the course of his life.

Review:

"Hosokawa cuts through the haze and, without any special pleading, in stark dispassionate reporting limns a classic laboratory case of governmental and human fallibilities suddenly converging in monstrous injustice."
—The New York Times Book Review

". . . personal, charming, at times wistful and sad."
—Washington Post

". . . a restrained and valuable study of the Nisei, 'second generation' Americans of Japanese descent, and of their immigrant parents, the Issei."
—Saturday Review

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0688050131
• ISBN 13: 9780688050139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1