They called us enemy /
Takei, George,
They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker. - Graphic novel ed. - Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2019. - 204 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centres," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalised racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?
15-18 years.
9781603094504 (paperback)
bl2019019585
Takei, George, 1937- --Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.
Takei, George, 1937- --Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese--History--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
Television actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Actors--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels
Graphic non-fiction
Comics (Graphic works).
940.53089/956073 791.4502/8092 B
They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker. - Graphic novel ed. - Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2019. - 204 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm.
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centres," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalised racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future. What is American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do?
15-18 years.
9781603094504 (paperback)
bl2019019585
Takei, George, 1937- --Childhood and youth--Comic books, strips, etc.
Takei, George, 1937- --Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese--History--United States--Comic books, strips, etc.
Television actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Actors--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels
Graphic non-fiction
Comics (Graphic works).
940.53089/956073 791.4502/8092 B
