Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II
Warren, Andrea2019
Books
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned."
New York, NY : Margaret Ferguson Books / Holiday House, 2019
214 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
"Margaret Ferguson Books."Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.
Before the storm -- Coming to America -- War at home -- The world at war -- Lowering the net -- Losing everything -- Santa Anita -- Into the wilderness -- Heart mountain -- New routines -- Making the best of it -- Baseball! -- Meeting the enemy -- The miracle at Heart Mountain -- Leaving Heart Mountain -- Victory over Japan -- Going home -- School, army, politics -- A distinguished career.
9780823441518
940.531773092B940
English
Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931- -- Juvenile literatureHeart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureLegislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureJapanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literatureWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Biography | J 940 WAR | Available |