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The Unsung Great
Stories of Extraordinary Japanese Americans
From a title-winning boxer in Louisiana to a Broadway baritone in New York, Japanese Americans have long belied their popular representation as “quiet Americans.” Showcasing the lives and achievements of relatively unknown but remarkable people...
ISBN: 9780295747965
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John Okada
The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy
No-No Boy, John Okada’s only published novel, centers on a Japanese American who refuses to fight for the country that incarcerated him and his people in World War II and, upon release from federal prison...
ISBN: 9780295743516
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Mine Okubo
Following Her Own Road
“To me life and art are one and the same, for the key lies in one's knowledge of people and life. In art one is trying to express it in the simplest imaginative way, as...
ISBN: 9780295987743
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The Unknown Great
Stories of Japanese Americans at the Margins of History
Through stories of remarkable people in Japanese American history, The Unknown Great illuminates the diversity of the Nikkei experience from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Acclaimed historian and journalist Greg...
ISBN: 9780295751894
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