| Author |
Warren, Andrea, author.
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| Publication |
New York, NY : Margaret Ferguson Books/Holiday House, [2019]
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| Copyright date |
©2019 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
214 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Call # |
J 940.5317 W |
| Audience |
4-6. |
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10+ |
| Summary |
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index. |
| Contents |
Before the storm -- Coming to America -- War at home -- The world at war -- Lowering the net -- Losing everything -- Santa Anita -- Into the wilderness -- Heart mountain -- New routines -- Making the best of it -- Baseball! -- Meeting the enemy -- The miracle at Heart Mountain -- Leaving Heart Mountain -- Victory over Japan -- Going home -- School, army, politics -- A distinguished career. |
| Subject |
Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931- -- Juvenile literature.
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Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931- (OCoLC)fst00449484 |
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Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) (OCoLC)fst00610050 |
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Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) (OCoLC)fst01801850 |
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924 |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Children -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Children. (OCoLC)fst00854835
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Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Children.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Children.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
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1939-1945 |
| Genre |
Biographies.
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Biography.
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Juvenile works.
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| Subject |
Japanese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00981441
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780823441518 (hardcover) : |
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0823441512 (hardcover) |
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