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SUMMARY:Conversation with Tracy Slater\, Author of Together in Manzanar
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Lewes Public Library\, Seaside Jewish Community\, and 
 the\nHistory Book Festival online for a conversation with Tracy Slater\,\n
 author of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanese Jewish\nFamil
 y in an American Concentration Camp. On a late March morning in\nthe sprin
 g of 1942\, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible\nchoices: between 
 her family and freedom\, her country and conscience\,\nand her son and dau
 ghter. Anyone with even “one drop” of Japanese\nblood was ordered by t
 he US government to relocate into a detention\ncamp. That is how Elaine Bu
 chman Yoneda ended up in Manzanar with her\n3-year-old son and husband Kar
 l Yoneda. The young child had serious\nillnesses\, and she refused to be s
 eparated from him as he had to be\nsent to the camp with his father. This 
 would begin one of many\ndifficult decisions the family faced while incarc
 erated in this\nisolated desert setting unfit for human habitation. Both E
 laine and\nher husband supported the US cause in the war and became embroi
 led in\ncamp political discord as well as in protests seeking improved\nco
 nditions. These events of prejudice and the abuse of power are as\nrelevan
 t today as ever. As one reviewer pointed out\, “this book\nfills a long-
 overdue gap in the historical narrative\, giving voice to\na mixed-race ex
 perience in discussions of World War II and Japanese\nAmerican incarcerati
 on.” Tracy Slater\, a Jewish American author\, has\npublished in the New
  York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and Washington\nPost. She taught writi
 ng for over ten years in Boston-area\nuniversities and in men’s and wome
 n’s prisons throughout\nMassachusetts.  This collaborative program by t
 he Lewes Public\nLibrary\, Seaside Jewish Community\, History Book Festiva
 l\, and\nBrowseabout Books is part of a series in observation of America25
 0\,\nwhich commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the\nDecla
 ration of Independence\, marking America’s Semiquincentennial. \nNOTE: 
 this meeting is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER\nto receiv
 e instructions for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public\nLibrary.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join the Lewes Public Library\, Seaside Jewish
  Community\, and the History Book Festival online for a conversation with 
 Tracy Slater\, author of Together in Manzanar: The True Story of a Japanes
 e Jewish Family in an American Concentration Camp. On a late March morning
  in the spring of 1942\, Elaine Yoneda awoke to a series of terrible choic
 es: between her family and freedom\, her country and conscience\, and her 
 son and daughter. Anyone with even “one drop” of Japanese blood was or
 dered by the US government to relocate into a detention camp. That is how 
 Elaine Buchman Yoneda ended up in Manzanar with her 3-year-old son and hus
 band Karl Yoneda. The young child had serious illnesses\, and she refused 
 to be separated from him as he had to be sent to the camp with his father.
  This would begin one of many difficult decisions the family faced while i
 ncarcerated in this isolated desert setting unfit for human habitation. Bo
 th Elaine and her husband supported the US cause in the war and became emb
 roiled in camp political discord as well as in protests seeking improved c
 onditions. These events of prejudice and the abuse of power are as relevan
 t today as ever. As one reviewer pointed out\, “this book fills a long-o
 verdue gap in the historical narrative\, giving voice to a mixed-race expe
 rience in discussions of World War II and Japanese American incarceration.
 ” Tracy Slater\, a Jewish American author\, has published in the New Yor
 k Times\, Wall Street Journal\, and Washington Post. She taught writing fo
 r over ten years in Boston-area universities and in men’s and women’s 
 prisons throughout Massachusetts.  This collaborative program by the Lewe
 s Public Library\, Seaside Jewish Community\, History Book Festival\, and 
 Browseabout Books is part of a series in observation of America250\, which
  commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of I
 ndependence\, marking America’s Semiquincentennial.  NOTE: this meeting
  is being conducted through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instruction
 s for joining the meeting. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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