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Facing the mountain [LP] a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II

Draws on extensive interviews with the families of four soldiers to chronicle the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe while their parents were forced to surrender their homes and submit to life in concentration camps on American soil.

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Main Author: Brown, Daniel James, 1951- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Random House Large Print, [2021]
Edition:First large print edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.
Japanese American soldiers > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Japanese American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
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Summary:Draws on extensive interviews with the families of four soldiers to chronicle the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe while their parents were forced to surrender their homes and submit to life in concentration camps on American soil.
Physical Description:xxi, 804 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 691-759) and index.
ISBN:9780593414392
059341439X
Author Notes:Daniel James Brown was born in Berkeley, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University.

He is the author of The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride, Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894, and The Boys in the Boat.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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