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That Damned Fence by Heather Hathaway, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

From Heather Hathaway

Current price: $50.70
That Damned Fence by Heather Hathaway, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters
That Damned Fence by Heather Hathaway, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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That Damned Fence by Heather Hathaway, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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Until the late twentieth century, relatively few Americans knew that the United States government forcibly detained nearly 120, 000 Japanese Americans during World War II. At war's end, the nation, including many of those who were confined to the ten Relocation Centers - which PresidentRoosevelt initially referred to as "concentration camps" - wished to wipe this national tragedy from memory. That Damned Fence, titled after a poem written by a Japanese American held at the Minidoka camp in Idaho, draws on the creative work of the internees themselves to cast new light on this historical injustice. While in captivity, detainees produced moving poetry and fiction, compelling investigativejournalism, and lasting work of arts to make sense of their hardships and to leave a record of their emotional and psychological suffering. Heather Hathaway explores the experiences of inmates in five camps-Topaz in Utah; Granada/Amache in Colorado; Rohwer and Jerome in Arkansas; and Tule Lake in northern California-each with their own literary magazines, such as TREK, All Aboard, Pulse, The Pen, Magnet, and The Tulean Dispatch. Conditions in the camps varied dramatically, as did their environments, ranging from sweltering swamplands and sun-blasted desert to frigid mountain terrain. So too did the inhabitants of each camp, with some dominated by farmers from California's Central Valley and others filled with professionalsfrom the San Francisco Bay area. This disparity extended to the attitudes of camp administrators; some deemed the plan a mistake from the outset while others believed their captives to be a significant threat to national security. That Damned Fence reveals the anger and humor, and the deep despair and steadfast resilience with which Japanese Americans faced their wartime incarceration. By emphasizing the inner lives of the unjustly accused and the myriad ways in which they portrayed their captivity, Heather Hathaway givesvoice to Americans imprisoned by their own country for their country of origin or appearance. | That Damned Fence by Heather Hathaway, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

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