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john okada was born in seattle washington in 1923 . he attended the university of washington and columbia university . he served in the u.s. army in world war ii wrote one novel and was dead of a heart attack at the age of 47 . john okada died in obscurity believing that asian america had rejected his work . p asian american readers will appreciate the sensitivity and integrity with which the late john okada wrote about his own group . he heralded the beginning of an authentic japanese american literature . gordon hirabayashi pacific affairs p nisei will recognize the authenticity of the idioms okadas characters use as well as his descriptions of the familiar issei and nisei mannerisms that make them come alive . bill hosokawa pacific citizen
in the aftermath of world war ii ichiro a japanese american returns home to seattle to make a new start after two years in an internment camp and two years in prison for refusing to be drafted