Manzanar

196 Pages·1989·19.99 MB·English

by  Ansel Adams

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Commentary by John Hersey
Photographs by Ansel Adams
Manzanar
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By John Armor and Peter Wright
Vintage Books
ADivisionofRandomHouse
NewYork
FirstVintageBooks Edition,October 1989
Copyright © 1988 by PeterWrightand
John C. Armor, P.A.
"A MistakeofTerrifically Horrible
Proportions"copyright© 1988 by
John Hersey
All rights reserved under Internationaland
Pan-American (CopyrightConventions.
Published in theUnitedStates by Random
House, Inc., New York,andsimultaneously
in (Canada by Random HouseofCanada
limited,Toronto. Originallypublished,in
hardcover, by TimesBooks in 1988.
ISBN: 679-72275-0
libraryofCongressCatalogCard Number;
88-40447
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Ansel Adams.
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Calligraphy byJtjmyo N.Tanaka
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Contents
Welcome to Manzanar xi
The Photographers of Manzanar xvii
"A Mistake of Terrifically Horrible Proportions"
byJohn Mersey 1
A Portrait of Manzanar 67
The Nisei 69
Only WhatThey Could Carry 77
Tar Paperand Boards 85
Of Farms and Farmers 91
The Manzanar Cooperative 97
Professionals Without Professions 103
Committed to Education 107
A Genuine Life 115
The Manzanar Free Press 121
The Control OF Words AND Ideas 131
Enemies of THE Nation? 137
In Service of Their Country 147
A Legacy of Shame 155
Memories of Manzanar 161