Attu Boy A Young Alaskan's WWII Memoir / Nick Golodoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golodoff, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Golodoff, Nick, 1935-.

Prisoners of war.

Manners and customs.

World War, 1939-1945--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.

World War, 1939-1945.

Prisoners of war--Japan--Shiritsu Otaru Bungakkan.

Prisoners of war--United States.

Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943--Personal narratives, American.

Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943.

United States.

Alaska--Attu Island.

Alaska--Aleutian Islands.

Alaska.

Attu Island (Alaska)--Social life and customs.

Attu Island (Alaska).

Attu Island (Alaska)--History.

Attu Island (Alaska)--Biography.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

History.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of Alaska Press, 2015. Fairbanks, Alaska :

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Alaskan villagers for two months and eventually corralling all survivors into a freighter bound for Japan.One of those survivors, Nick Golodoff, became a prisoner of war at just six years old. He was among the dozens of Unangan Attu residents swept away to Hokkaido, and one of only twenty-five to survive. Attu Boy tells Golodoff's story of these harrowing years as he found both friendship and cruelt

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; Preface by Brenda Maly; Introduction; A Young Boy's Experience during World War II; Attu before the War; Prewar Fears and Clues about Japanese Invasion; The Japanese Invasion, June 7, 1942; Life as a Japanese POW; Return and Resettlement; Nick's Connection to Japan; Reflections on Life in Atka; Growing Up and Going to School; Left Behind by the Military; Working Life; Hunting, Fishing, and Wildlife; Atka Is Far Away from Anywhere Else; Learning from the Elders; Relatives from Attu; Commentary and First-Person Accounts; Attu before the War

Prewar Fears and Clues about Japanese InvasionThe Japanese Invasion, June 7, 1942; Life as a Japanese POW; Return and Resettlement; Nick's Connection to Japan; Epilogue; Appendix: Attu Prehistory and History; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781602232501

1602232504

OCLC:

909265291