Amache
Subtitle: the story of Japanese internment in Colorado during World War II
By: Robert Harvey.
Edition: 1st Taylor Trade Publishing ed.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Pub.; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex; Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Granada Relocation Center -- History.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Colorado -- Amache.; Amache (Colo.) -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 9066, forcing the evacuation of more than 100,000 Japanese-Americans from the West Coast to "settlement camps" inland."

"This shameful dislocation of so many lives has been well-documented in such popular books as Farewell to Manzanar, but none, until now, have focused on the internment camp known as Amache, located on the southeastern plains of Colorado. This book not only presents the story of Amache within the broader context of World War II, but also details the effect the camp had on surrounding towns and southeastern Colorado in general.

Based on extensive research as well as interviews with many survivors, Amache satisfies a long-standing need for a full-blown history of this disgraceful episode in our history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: The cost of peace; title: "The greatest possible speed is imperative"; title: "Colorado must do its duty"; title: The desert "way station"; title: Colorado's newest city; title: "The strange drama"; title: "Because we are of different color and race"; title: Winning the war; title: Going home; title: Aftermath.