Colorado's Japanese Americans: From 1886 to the Present - Softcover

Hosokawa, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870818112 ISBN 13: 9780870818110

Publisher: University Press of Colorado, 2005

Synopsis

In Colorado's Japanese Americans, renowned journalist and author Bill Hosokawa pens the first history of this significant minority in the Centennial State. From 1886, when the young aristocrat Matsudaira Tadaatsu settled in Denver, to today, when Colorado boasts a population of more than 11,000 people of Japanese ancestry, Japanese Americans have worked to build homes, businesses, families, and friendships in the state.

Hosokawa traces personal histories, such as Bob Sakata's journey from internment in a relocation camp to his founding of a prosperous truck farm; the conviction of three sisters for assisting the escape of German POWs; and the years of initiative and determination behind Toshihiro Kizaki's ownership of Sushi Den, a beloved Denver eatery. In addition to personal stories, the author also relates the larger history of the interweave of cultures in Colorado, from the founding of the Navy's Japanese language school at the University of Colorado to the merging of predominantly white and Japanese American congregations at Arvada's Simpson United Methodist Church.

With the author's long view and sharp eye, Colorado's Japanese Americans creates a storied document of lasting legacy about the Issei and Nisei in Colorado.

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:

"This crisply-written, well-designed treasure is a haunting tale every Coloradan should know."
Tom Noel, Rocky Mountain News & Denver Post


"Bill Hosokawa, a master writer, has drawn together thousands of strands of Japanese history in Colorado to make a rich historical cloth."
- Stephen J. Leonard

"Using his knack for storytelling, Bill Hosakawa brings the life of the Colorado Issei and Nisei to life."
―Colorado Endowment for the Humanities 2005 Publication Prize Committee

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0870818112
• ISBN 13: 9780870818110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264