Title: Citizen 13660
First published: 1946
Description: "Mine Okubo was one of over one hundred thousand people of Japanese descent--nearly two-thirds of whom were American citizens--who were forced into 'protective custody' shortly after Pearl Harbor. Citizen 13660, Okubo's graphic memoir of life in relocation centers in California and Utah, illuminates this experience with poignant illustrations and witty, candid text. Now available with a new introduction by Christine Hong and in a wide-format artist edition, this graphic novel can reach a new generation of readers and scholars. '[Mine Okubo] took her months of life in the concentration camp and made it the material for this amusing, heart-breaking book. The moral is never expressed, but the wry pictures and the scanty words make the reader laugh--and if he is an American too--blush.' 'A remarkably objective and vivid and even humorous account. In dramatic and detailed drawings and brief text, she documents the whole episode. all that she saw, objectively, yet with a warmth of understanding'"--New York times book review"--
Subjects: American Personal narratives, Central Utah Relocation Center, Concentration camps, Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, Evacuation of civilians, Japanese Americans, Personal narratives, American, Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.), World War, 1939-1945, Japanese-American Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah), Constitutional law, State & Local, Asian American Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01801850, Comic books, strips, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Women, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY, West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), Japanese, united states, Military history, World war, 1939-1945, biography, Japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, World war, 1939-1945, united states, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, american, Asian americans, Okubo, miné, Central utah relocation center., Japanese americans--evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, World war, 1939-1945--concentration camps, World war, 1939-1945--concentration camps--utah, World war, 1939-1945--personal narratives, american, D769.8.a6 o38 2014, 940.54/72730979469 b, Bio022000 soc043000 his036140, Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Internment camps
Places: Calif.) Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.), Utah, United States
People: Miné Okubo