Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston with Jennifer Ikeda (Narrator)

5 hours, 2 minutes first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional informative sad medium-paced
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During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was ...

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informative 77%
reflective 64%
emotional 60%
sad 50%
challenging 30%
inspiring 30%
dark 15%
hopeful 13%
tense 13%
adventurous 5%

Pace

medium 54%
fast 32%
slow 13%

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