{"product_id":"we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-frank-abe-paperback","title":"We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration -- Frank Abe, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... a fantastic graphic novel. Whether or not you usually read graphic novels, you should read this one. It's called \u003ci\u003eWe Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration\u003c\/i\u003e. Phenomenal book.\" - Rachel Maddow\u003c\/p\u003e\"Deftly upends the compliant narrative with impeccably documented stories of resistance and rebellion ... Made urgent yet again, the trio's courageous refusals to accept the U.S.--their!--government's heinous miscarriage of justice should irrefutably embolden new generations ... Their collective history will resonate with older teens. Also highly recommended for high-school and college classrooms.\" -- Terry Hong, Booklist\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It leaves you simultaneously furious, questioning ideas of loyalty and citizenship ... and deeply moved. May all of us learn, and share, these stories.\" -- Moira Macdonald, The Seattle Times\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree voices. Three acts of defiance. One mass injustice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe story of camp as you've never seen it before. Japanese Americans complied when evicted from their homes in World War II -- but many refused to submit to imprisonment in American concentration camps without a fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking graphic novel, meet JIM AKUTSU, the inspiration for John Okada's No-No Boy, who refuses to be drafted from the camp at Minidoka when classified as a non-citizen, an enemy alien; HIROSHI KASHIWAGI, who resists government pressure to sign a loyalty oath at Tule Lake, but yields to family pressure to renounce his U.S. citizenship; and MITSUYE ENDO, a reluctant recruit to a lawsuit contesting her imprisonment, who refuses a chance to leave the camp at Topaz so that her case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased upon painstaking research, We Hereby Refuse presents an original vision of America's past with disturbing links to the American present.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Frank Abe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chin Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.1\" H x 6.5\" L x 0.6\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781634059763\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023885779098,"sku":"9781634059763","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/3015\/4138\/files\/9781634059763.jpg?v=1774723552","url":"https:\/\/unclejonsbookfactory.com\/products\/we-hereby-refuse-japanese-american-resistance-to-wartime-incarceration-frank-abe-paperback","provider":"Uncle Jon's Book Factory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}