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Citizen U.S.A.

Citizen U.S.A.

Hennebold, A.
Hennebold, A.
Ferguson, Charles

Hardcover

Series: Applewood Books

20th Century United States HistoryGeneral PhotographyRegional: West

Publisher Price: $14.95

ISBN10: 1429095563
ISBN13: 9781429095563
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: Jul 8 2020
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.70 Depth: 11.20
Language: English

Once in a great while an important artifact is suddenly recognized as being so valuable that it demands a wide and immediate audience. Citizen USA, from the permanent collection of the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) is such an artifact.

The unpublished book was written in 1943 when the author, Charles Ferguson, was the Director of Adult Education at the Manzanar concentration camp where Japanese Americans were incarcerated. In words and photographs, the story chronicles the camp experience through the voice and perspective of a young sansei girl from Hollywood, California. She describes the routine of camp life as well as the fear and uncertainty about the future that she and her family face. At the book's conclusion she wonders, Isn't America still democratic?

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