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They Called Us Enemy
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9781603094504
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A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do? To answer these questions, George Takei joins co-writers Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Takei, George
- ISBN: 9781603094504
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.80
- Number Of Pages: 208
- Publication Year: 2019
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Karen K. - 4 years 11 months agoMy kids really liked this book. Read it together as a family.
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I couldn't stop reading once I started
e e. - 6 years 3 months agoAs soon as I saw this book I had to read it and once I started, I couldn't stop until I finished it. This was capativing. I cried. This retells a tragic time in American history in a beautiful way. If you want firsthand insight on Japanese internment camps during WWII, read this. #SummerReading
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An American Story For All Of Us
Gloria R. - 6 years 3 months ago'Just outstanding on all levels. It's engaging, touching, humorous, while sharing a painful, unforgettable adventure. Takei remembers as a child, speaks as a survivor, explicates as a witness to American history. I love how details in the illustrations tell parts of the story, while George Takei steps out of it to bring us in. I keep telling people this should be a school text. I learned it late, but Americans should grow up knowing this story, what happened and how.
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Touching true story
gene a c. - 6 years 5 months agoThis is a touching first hand story that details George Takei's experience during WW II. It gives a side of American history that I had not read about in school at any level. This is a great read that will not take a lot of time but will leave an impression. Discusses bigotry that is pertinent in todays world.
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Beautifully told and rendered story of difficult times.
W D. - 6 years 5 months agoThis is an amazing, poignant, beautiful, sweet, stirring, scary graphic novel about terrible, horrible, horrifying times very relevant to ours. The story of the child and the father and the family is incredibly sweet and tender. The stories about so many leaders is hard, but the stories about good people inside and outside the camps is also strong. I totally recommend, whether you know about the immoral incarceration of Japanese American during WWII or not, and whether you know or like George Takai or not.