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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Eyes Behind Belligerence

Eyes Behind Belligerence

Kollenborn, K. P.

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1470168162
ISBN13: 9781470168162
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Mar 18 2012
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.33
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Could you forgive the unspeakable? Culminating a bitter-sweet epic and traditional coming-of-age story, 'Eyes Behind Belligerence' sets precedence to fear and hatred, to families torn apart, and to the calloused response of internment camps. While two Japanese-American families endure the wake of Pearl Harbor's wrath, each member must face the most painful question of their life: Where does their loyalty stand?Told in five parts, this novel unravels the challenges between two unlikely Nisei friends, Jim and Russell, into adulthood during the Second World War. As restrictions are imposed, (even in the safe, rural community of Bainbridge Island, ) as harassments escalate, (including the F.B.I. invading their homes and deporting their fathers to Montana for espionage trials, ) the fated day arrives: evacuation of all Japanese civilians. Rounded up like cattle, tagged, they are hauled to the fringes of Death Valley: Manzanar. Together they must survive racism, gang violence, and the harsh elements of the environment. Together they must prove their loyalty, especially after a tragic riot on the eve of Pearl Harbor's anniversary. While Russell enlists in a segregated army, becoming part of one the most decorated units in U.S. history, Jim is sent to a different camp for the No-No boys: those who are marked disloyal. Removed from their families, they are forced to reevaluate their identities and discover, most importantly, what it means to forgive.

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