| International Standard Book Number |
9780525557418 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780525557401 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
0525557407 hardcover
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
940.54/12730923956 23
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| Personal Name |
Brown, Daniel James, 1951- author.
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| Title Statement |
Facing the mountain : a true story of Japanese American heroes in World War II / Daniel James Brown.
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| Varying Form of Title |
True story of Japanese American heroes in World War II
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
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| Physical Description |
xx, 540 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue -- Shock -- Exile -- Kotonks and buddhaheads -- A thousand stitches -- To the gates of hell -- Home -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the ways of their American homeland. They faced bigotry, yet they believed in their bright futures as American citizens. But within days of Pearl Harbor, the FBI was ransacking their houses and locking up their fathers. Within months many would themselves be living in internment camps. Facing the Mountain is an unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based on Daniel James Brown's extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, it portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. But this is more than a war story. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses they had spend decades building, surrender their homes for pennies on the dollar, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of a brave young man, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best--striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Summary, Etc. |
Using interviews with the families of the protagonists as well as deep archival research, Brown portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, they were asked to do the near impossible. Brown also tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses they had spend decades building, surrender their homes for pennies on the dollar, and submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Whether fighting on battlefields or in courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing what Americans do best: striving, resisting, pushing back, rising up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.-- adapted from jacket
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| Subject |
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd.
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| Subject |
United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd. (OCoLC)fst00572798 fast
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| Subject-Chronological Term |
1900-1999 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories United States.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Japanese Americans. (OCoLC)fst00981441 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
HISTORY / Military / World War II. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Regimental histories. (OCoLC)fst01354209 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
HISTORY / World. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Japanese American soldiers History 20th century.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Japanese American.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Japanese Americans Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American. bisacsh
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Japanese American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00981433 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064 fast
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628 fast
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
Online version: Brown, Daniel James, [New York, NY] : Viking, [2021] Facing the mountain (DLC) 2020053099 9780525557418
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