num_pages: 226
description: Mine Okubo was one of 110,000 people of Japanese descent - nearly two-thirds of them American citizens—who were rounded up into "protective custody" shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, her memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, was first published in 1946, then reissued by University of Washington Press in 1983 with a new Preface by the author.With 197 pen-and-ink illustrations, and poignantly written text, the book has been a perennial bestseller, and is used in college and university courses across the country.Replaced by ISBN 9780295993546
language: English
title: Citizen 13660
titlecomplete: Citizen 13660
genres: Historical, Biography, Graphic Novels, Memoir, Nonfiction, School, Read For School, Comics, History, World War II
ratings_count: 1446
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: American Book Award
publisher: University of Washington Press