This book has been on my "to be read" list for quite a while. I picked up a copy at the Rosie the Riveter Museum gift shop last week.Wow. This book takes on a lot of heavy subjects. The author, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, was interned (along with her family) for three years as a result of Executive Or...
I had just visited Manzanar before I began reading this. The outrage and anger was fresh in my mind, and this only served to shock me further. This really is a book everyone should read. It was heartbreaking to see this harmless family go from being largely accepted by their fellow citizens to bei...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Mixed feelings, July 16, 2007 I admit to being a bit disappointed, as this book turned out to be more about Jim Reed and less about the Donner party. The first part of the book was very entertaining as it dealt with the Donner/Reed g...