Nikkei farmer on the Nebraska plains
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Hisanori Kano ; introduced and edited by Tai Kreidler ; from a translation by Rose Yamamoto.
Contributors: Kreidler, Tai D.; Yamamoto, Rose.
Series: Plains histories; Plains histories
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lubbock, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780896726284
Subjects: Japanese Americans -- Nebraska -- Biography; Japanese American farmers -- Nebraska -- Biography; Nebraska -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The memoir; title: The early years, in Japan; title: My journey to America; title: The operation of my farm; title: Why I became a priest in the Episcopal church; title: The war in the Pacific; title: I become a free man and return to Nebraska; title: Retirement in Colorado; title: Conclusion; title: On the 200th anniversary of American independence; title: Reflections by the author.