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They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker.
Van Pelt Library D769.8.A6 T355 2019
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection Graphic Takei They
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Takei, George, 1937- author.
- Eisinger, Justin, author.
- Scott, Steven (Comics author), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Takei, George, 1937---Comic books, strips, etc.
- Takei, George.
- Takei, George, 1937---Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Takei, George, 1937-.
- Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.).
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Japanese Americans.
- Evacuation of civilians.
- History.
- California--History--1850-1950--Comic books, strips, etc.
- California.
- Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Camp Tulelake (Calif.)--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Camp Tulelake (Calif.).
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- United States.
- Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.
- Nazi concentration camps--Biography.
- Nazi concentration camps.
- Internment camps--Biography.
- Internment camps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Evacuation of civilians--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- Takei, George, 1937---Cartoons and comics.
- Actors and actresses--Cartoons and comics.
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945--Cartoons and comics.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Cartoons and comics.
- Japanese--United States--History--Cartoons and comics.
- Graphic novels.
- Asian.
- World War II.
- Concentration Camps--history.
- Racism--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- United States.
- Asian.
- World War II.
- Concentration Camps--history.
- Racism--history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Graphic novels.
- Historical comics.
- Autobiographical comics.
- Nonfiction comics.
- Biographies.
- Young adult fiction.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 204 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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 is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Young Adult Literature, Winner, 2019-2020
- "Designed and lettered by Gilberto Lazcano."
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Keyes Fund bookplate.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781603094504
- 1603094504
- 9781603094740
- 1603094741
- OCLC:
- 1057852913
- Publisher Number:
- 99981801840
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