Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lily Yuriko Nakai Havey, Cherstin Lyon (Foreword by)Publish date:9/26/2025Pages:228
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Utah PressISBN-13:9781647692766ISBN-10:1647692768UPC:9781647692766Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Wars & Conflicts, MemoirsBook Topic:State & Local, World War IISize:9.80 x 7.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCCQF26AK1
Gasa Gasa Girl Goes to Camp: A Nisei Youth Behind a World War II Fence
Lily Nakai and her family lived in southern California, where sometimes she and a friend dreamt of climbing the Hollywood sign that lit the night. At age ten, after believing that her family was simply going on a "camping trip," she found herself living in a tar-papered barrack, nightly gazing out instead at a searchlight. She wondered if anything would ever be normal again.
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Utah PressISBN-13:9781647692766ISBN-10:1647692768UPC:9781647692766Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Wars & Conflicts, MemoirsBook Topic:State & Local, World War IISize:9.80 x 7.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCCQF26AK1
Lily Havey was born in Los Angeles. In 1942, along with 120,000 persons of Japanese descent, she was incarcerated at the Amache Relocation Center in Colorado. After World War II her family moved to Salt Lake City where she attended West High School and the University of Utah. She graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and pursued an MFA at the University of Utah. She taught high...
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