Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach
By: Mary F. Adams Urashima
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781626193116
Subjects: Ethnic neighborhoods; Biography; Japanese Americans; Community life; Ethnic relations; History
Description: "Discover the history and fascinating Japanese American heritage of Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California"--

"The history of a thriving and integrated yet forgotten Japanese American community before World War II"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Mr. Winters Goes to Chicago; title: Coming to America; title: Welcome to the Peatlands : Farmers, Preachers, Tycoons, Oil Men and Outlaws; title: Celery's Magical Powers; title: Cole Ranch and the Universe Effigy; title: The Plunder of Buck Ranch; title: Why Orange County's Japanese Community Built a Church in Wintersburg; title: Goldfish on Wintersburg Avenue; title: The Marriage That Made Headlines; title: The Smeltzer Flying Company; title: The Furuta Farm and the Alien Land Law; title: Goldfish Pond Rumors; title: The Sunday Before; title: The Tashimas of Wintersburg; title: Rising from Confinement; title: Shaping Orange County; title: Epilogue; title: The Known Timeline.