farewell to manzanar a true story of japanese american experience during and after the world war ii internment
jeanne wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at manzanar internment camp with 10000 other japanese americans . along with searchlight towers and armed guards manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders boy scouts sock hops baton twirling lessons and a dance band called the jive bombers who would play any popular song except the nations 1 hit dont fence me in . p br farewell to manzanar is the true story of one spirited japanese american familys attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention ... and of a native born american child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the united states .
the american born author describes her familys experience and impressions when they were forced to relocate in a camp for the japanese in owens valley california during world war ii