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They called us enemy  Cover Image Book Book

They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker.

Summary:

A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. 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 centers," 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 legalized 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? To answer these questions, George Takei joins co-writers Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott and artist Harmony Becker for the journey of a lifetime.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781603094504
  • ISBN: 1603094504
  • Physical Description: 204 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Marietta, Georgia : Top Shelf Productions, [2019]
Subject: Takei, George, 1937- > Comic books, strips, etc.
Takei, George, 1937- > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc.
California > History > 1850-1950 > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Comics (Graphic works)
Graphic novels.
Autobiographical comics.
Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 14 of 14 copies available at Sage Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 14 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Athena Public Library YA Graphic TAK (Text) 37813000175003 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Columbia Gorge Community College Library GRAPHIC NONFICTION TAKEI 2019 (Text) 39705000087261 New Book Shelf Available -
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande YA GN 940.53 Tak (Text) 35178001799041 Young Adult Graphic Available -
Hermiston Public Library YGN TAKE (Text) 37838000548719 Carnegie Building Available -
Hines Middle School GN 940.53 TAK (Text) 37755000085650 Graphic Novels Available -
Hood River County Library J GRAPHIC 921 TAKEI (Text) 33892100649475 Children's Graphic Novels & Comics Reshelving -
Hood River County Library YA GRAPHIC 921 TAKEI 2019 (Text) 33892100623173 Young Adult Graphic Novels & Comics Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library GC TAK (Text) 33892006081781 Graphic Novel Available -
Lake County Main Library - Lakeview YA-GR 940.53 TAKEI (Text) 37620000943664 Young Adult Graphic Novels Available -
Milton-Freewater Public Library GN Takei (Text) 37862000447722 Graphic Novel Available -


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