They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker.
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]
- Copyright: ©2019
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Genre: | Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. Autobiographical comics. Autobiographies. |
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- 14 of 14 copies available at Sage Library System.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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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 | - |