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Nikkei farmer on the Nebraska plains : a memoir / Hisanori Kano ; introduced and edited by Tai Kreidler ; from a translation by Rose Yamamoto.

Title
Nikkei farmer on the Nebraska plains : a memoir / Hisanori Kano ; introduced and edited by Tai Kreidler ; from a translation by Rose Yamamoto.
Author
Kano, Hisanori, 1889-1988.
Publication
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Kreidler, Tai D.
  • Yamamoto, Rose.
Description
xxv, 203 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"The memoir of Japanese-born Hisanori Kano, who immigrated to the United States in 1916 to learn and apply American agricultural practices on the Nebraska Plains. Ordained as an Episcopal minister and interned during WWII, Kano's memoir reveals how he adapted to a changing American culture and landscape"--Provided by publisher.
Series Statement
Plains histories
Uniform Title
Plains histories
Subject
  • Japanese Americans > Nebraska > Biography
  • Japanese American farmers > Nebraska > Biography
  • Nebraska > History > 20th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The early years, in Japan -- My journey to America -- The operation of my farm -- Why I became a priest in the Episcopal church -- The war in the Pacific -- I become a free man and return to Nebraska -- Retirement in Colorado -- Conclusion -- On the 200th anniversary of American independence : reflections by the author.
ISBN
  • 9780896726284 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0896726282 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010009627
OCLC
  • 468971519
  • SCSB-11878546
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library