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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
Pendleton Public Library GR TAKEI (Text) 37801000644938 Graphic Novel Available -
Sherman County Public/School Library 940.53 TAK (Text) 37039000172994 NON-FICTION Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library AGN B TAKEI (Text) 33892006563895 Adult Graphic Novel Available -
Treasure Valley Community College Library 741.5 T1396t (Text) 32220001129754 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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