Farewell to Manzanar 50th Anniversary Edition

Farewell to Manzanar is a powerful true story written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston that recounts her life in a Japanese American incarceration camp during World War II. The camp, called Manzanar, was located in the high mountain desert of California and was created to house thousands of Japanese Americans. Through the eyes of her childhood self, Houston shares the mundane and remarkable details of daily life, her fear, confusion, and bewilderment, as well as the dignity and resourcefulness of people in oppressive circumstances. The book reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar and has become a staple in educational curriculum across the country. It was named one of the twentieth century’s 100 best nonfiction books from west of the Rockies by the San Francisco Chronicle.