Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Format: Ebook, Electronic Resources, Book Author: Takei, George, 1937- author. Title: They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger & Steven Scott ; [art by] Harmony Becker. Publisher, Date: [Marietta, Georgia] : Top Shelf Productions, 2019. Description: 1 online resource (192 pages [unnumbered]) : chiefly color illustrations. 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. Subjects:local 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: History. Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) Comic books, strips, etc. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. Electronic books. Other Author: Eisinger, Justin, author. Scott, Steven, author. Becker, Harmony, artist. OverDrive, Inc. Notes: Print version record. Web Site: Web Link Click here to access book Excerpt ISBN: 9781684067510 1684067510 Publisher or Distributor Number: [Marietta, Georgia] Other Number: 1125947412 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 1170281 Call Number: OverDrive Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 3 # System items in: 3 Check Out Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Annotations Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism. - (Baker & Taylor) Large Cover Image Suggestions and more Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
