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Series
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Uses archival photographs, sound recordings and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles, and achievements during 1940-1949. America mobilized for total war, bringing the fateful dawn of the atomic age. It was the decade of G.I. Joe, victory gardens, gas rationing, zoot suits and penny loafers. Includes discussion of the global conflict of World War II; the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declaration of war; rations and shortages;...
Publisher
Japanese American National Museum
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Having smuggled a lens and film holder into the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II, photographer Toyo Miyatake was the first to photograph them. Yet it was his little-known artistic pursuits before the war that honed his discerning eye. A penetrating portrait of his quest to capture the beauty and dignity of everyday life.
883) Camping chaos
Author
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Max and his friends are on a camping trip at Camp Everpines when he's stung by a wasp. Max gets a case of the Super Fidgets and devises a clever game to distract himself. Max finds that while it's not always easy being a kid -- especially if you're a bit different -- there is often humour, kindness and love in the most unexpected places."--
884) Counting scars
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Adele finds herself in a complicated love triangle."--
With her mother in rehab and her estranged father unable to take immediate custody, Adele Reimer is spending two weeks at a youth reform camp. Adele's only goal at the camp is to avoid any trouble. When she meets Fergus and Andy, Adele soon finds herself pulled into a complicated love triangle-- and a dangerous situation...
Publisher
Japanese American National Museum
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Looks at the World War II-era treatment of Japanese Americans as seen through the contemporary lens of the post-9/11 world. As the U.S. government fights a "war on terrorism" its tactics and policies have caused concern for some Americans of Japanese descent, who were interned in concentration camps during WWII. No new concentration camps have materialized, but mass deportations and detentions, particularly of Arab and Muslim immigrants in America,...
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