Picture Bride

Picture Bride
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Publisher : University of Washington Press
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0295976160
ISBN-13 : 9780295976167
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Picture Bride by : Yoshiko Uchida

Download or read book Picture Bride written by Yoshiko Uchida and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her story is intertwined with others: her husband, Taro Takeda, an Oakland shopkeeper; Kiku and her husband Henry, who reject demeaning city work to become farmers; Dr. Kaneda, a respected community leader who is destroyed by the adopted land he loves. All are caught up in the cruel turmoil of World War II, when West Coast Japanese Americans are uprooted from their homes and imprisoned in desert detention camps.


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