Imprisoned Apart
The World War II Correspondence of an Issei Couple (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies)
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Word Count
74,750 words, Guess
Page Count
299 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10314892M
- ISBN-139780295976457
- ISBN-100295976454
- OCLC Control Number37368519
- OCLC Control Numberimprisonedapartw00unse
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number97029984
- LibraryThing2219284
- Goodreads6018118
Classifications
- LCCD769.8.A6 F49 1997
- DDC940.53/089956
Description
This is the poignant story of a young teacher and his bride who came to Seattle from Japan in 1919 so that he might study English language and literature, and who stayed to make a home. On December 7, 1941, the FBI knocked at the Matsushitas' door and took Iwao away, first to a jail cell at the Seattle Immigration Station and then by special train, windows sealed and guards at the doors, to Montana. He was considered an enemy alien, "potentially dangerous to the public safety," because of his Japanese birth and professional associations. The story of Iwao Matsushita's determination to clear his name and be reunited with his wife, and of Hanaye Matsushita's growing confusion and despair, unfolds in their correspondence, presented here in full. Louis Fiset helps us to read between the lines to understand Hanaye's displacement from everything safe and familiar and Iwao's unfaltering commitment to his adopted country, despite his imprisonment and the ignominy of suspicion of disloyalty.
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