My lost freedom a Japanese American WWII story
"Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown Books for Young Readers,
2024.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 47 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8 Grades K-1 |
| ISBN: | 9780593566350 0593566351 9780593566367 059356636X 9780593566398 0593566394 |
| Author Notes: | Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture. Later he attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in theater. He attended the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon in England, and Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. In Hollywood, he studied acting at the Desilu Workshop. In 2004, the government of Japan named Asteroid 7307 "Takei" after him. In June 2012, the American Humanist Association gave Takei the LGBT Humanist Award. His book, Oh Myyy! (There Goes The Internet) was released on December 21, 2013 and became a New York Times bestseller in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) |
