Title They called us enemy / written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott ; art by Harmony Becker

Published Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages) : chiefly 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 Notes "Designed and lettered by Gilberto Lazcano." Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, 2020 Print version record Subject Takei, George, 1937- -- Comic books, strips, etc Takei, George, 1937- -- Juvenile literature Takei, George, 1937- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc Takei, George, 1937- -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile literature Takei, George, 1937- -- Cartoons and comics Takei, George, 1937- Takei, George 1937- Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) -- Comic books, strips, etc Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) -- Juvenile literature Camp Tulelake (Calif.) -- Comic books, strips, etc Camp Tulelake (Calif.) -- Juvenile literature Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature Japanese Americans -- California -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc Japanese Americans -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States -- Juvenile literature Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc. Internment camps -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians -- Biography World War, 1939-1945 -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan. Actors -- Cartoons and comics Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 -- Cartoons and comics World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Cartoons and comics Japanese -- History -- Cartoons and comics Graphic novels YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Comics & Graphic Novels -- Biography. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- General. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- LGBT. Childhood and youth of a person Prisoners of war Internment camps Evacuation of civilians Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc. Weltkrieg 1939-1945 California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Comic books, strips, etc California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Juvenile literature United States Japan California Genre/Form Nonfiction comics History Graphic novels Comics (Graphic works) Biographies Autobiographical comics Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Comics (Graphic works) Autobiographical comics. Nonfiction comics. Bandes dessinées. Bandes dessinées autobiographiques. Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction. Form Electronic book Author Eisinger, Justin, author. Scott, Steven (Comics author), author. Becker, Harmony, artist. Lazcano, Gilberto, letterer. ISBN 9781684067510 1684067510

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