Jeanne was 7 years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed, her father was arrested, and her mother and 9 brothers and sisters were sent to live at an internment camp. Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, was published in 1973 portraying a Japanese American experience during and after World War II. Manzanar is where Jeanne's and her Papa's life lines intersected, and where her life began, yet it was where her Papa's ended.
Born in 1934, Jeanne Wakatsuki was only 7 when the U.S. government sent her and her family to live in an internment camp. …
