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Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family (Classics of Asian American Literature) by Yoshiko Uchida; with a new introduction by Traise Yamamoto is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family (Classics of Asian American Literature) about?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, everything changed for Yoshiko Uchida. Desert Exile is her autobiographical account of life before and during World War II. The book does more than relate the day-to-day experience of living in stalls at the Tanforan Racetrack, the assembly center just south of San Francisco, and in the Topaz, Utah, internment camp. It tells the story of the courage and strength displayed by those who were interned.Replaces ISBN 9780295961903
Who reads Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family (Classics of Asian American Literature)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Yoshiko Uchida; with a new introduction by Traise Yamamoto
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780295994758
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Social Science
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (173 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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