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Stone voices : wartime writings of Japanese Canadian Issei / edited by Keibo Oiwa ; foreword by Joy Kogawa.

Title
Stone voices : wartime writings of Japanese Canadian Issei / edited by Keibo Oiwa ; foreword by Joy Kogawa.
Publication
Montréal : Véhicule Press, c1991.

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Additional Authors
Ōiwa, Keibō
Description
205, [2] p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
Summary
With the bombing of Pearl Habour in December 1941 all persons of Japanese descent were declared "enemy aliens". Their assets were seized and most of the Japanese-Canadian population was relocated or sent to interment camps. Stone Voices is a selection of memoirs, diaries, and letters written by Issei, the first generation of Japanese to settle in Canada. -- back cover
Subject
  • 1939-1945
  • Geschichte 1941-1945
  • Japanese > Canada > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Personal narratives
  • Japanese > Canada > Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Canadian
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Canada
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Personal narratives – Canadian
  • Personal narratives
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references: p. [207].
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Joy Kogawa -- Introduction / Keibo Oiwa -- The story of a diehard / Koichiro Miyazaki -- Letters from the Angler Prison Camp / Kenuski Kitagawa -- Slocan diary / Kaoru Ikeda -- Footsteps : autobiography of a socialist / Genshichi Takahashi.
ISBN
1550650149
LCCN
cn^91090601^
OCLC
  • 28182588
  • SCSB-13405321
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library