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	Manzanar
		Even without the hindsight of history, Manzanar's top official denounced the government's treatment of the orphans in his final 1946 report on, the camp.
		Manzanar's history is well documented and has seeped into the public consciousness through books, including "Snow Falling on Cedars" and "Farewell to Manzanar." But even experts on the camps contacted by The Times had either never heard of Children's Village or knew only that it had existed.
		The Army decided to move the orphans to Manzanar because it was the first camp to open and the closest to the three orphanages.
	home.att.net /~hirasaki3/Manzanar.htm (2146 words)

	Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante Announces Distribution of 10,000 Farewell to Manzanar Educational Kits to Public Schools ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		They include a VHS copy of the film, "Farewell to Manzanar," a copy of the original book of the same title, study guides tailored to the book, and a video teaching guide produced by members of the CTA and UTLA.
		"Farewell to Manzanar" is the true-life story of the Wakatsuki family who lived in Santa Monica, California - one of thousands of innocent Japanese-American families incarcerated in internment camps because of their ethnic background.
		"Farewell to Manzanar" is a project of the Commission for One California, a forum established by Bustamante to promote tolerance and a better understanding of California's diverse communities.
	www.ltg.ca.gov /newsroom/pressreleases/2002/feb/pr021902b.asp (516 words)

	Manzanar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manzanar National Historic Site (formerly the Manzanar War Relocation Center) was a Japanese American internment camp during World War II that operated in the Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine, California on the south, and Independence, California on the north.
		Manzanar (which means "apple orchard" in Spanish) is the best-known of the ten camps in which Japanese Americans, both citizens (including natural-born Americans) and resident aliens, were imprisoned during World War II.
		Farewell to Manzanar ISBN 0-553-27258-6 was written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston in 1972, recounting her personal experiences in the camp as a seven year-old internee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manzanar (1081 words)

	'Farewell to Manzanar' author returns to internment days in first novel
		"Farewell to Manzanar" was published in 1973, long before the push for economic and political redress for the sins of the internment era was in full flower.
		Indeed, the power of "Farewell to Manzanar" was not any direct political accounting of the internment but rather its description of the enduring impact that racism and the internment it spurred had on Wakatsuki and her family.
		Last year, as part of a statewide cultural program, "Farewell to Manzanar" education kits, containing a copy of the book as well as a video of the 1976 television movie based on it, were sent to every California public school as well as 1,500 public libraries.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/14/LVGH93JGBT1.DTL (1320 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar.
		Almost everyone at Manzanar had inherited this pair of traits from the generations before them who had learned to live in a small, crowded country like Japan.
		Manzanar was located in the Sierra Nevada mountains of central California; though very little of the camp remains today, there is an excellent visitors' center, with displays that tell the story of the people who lived there.
		Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention, and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barded wire in the United States.
	home.att.net /~tucson/read/manzanar.html (485 words)

	ESL - Textbooks - Farewell to Manzanar
		Farewell to Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention...
		Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp—with ten thousand other Japanese Americans.
		Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.
	lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us /lpc/ESL/textbooks/manzanar.htm (336 words)

	Lieutenant Governor Cruz M. Bustamante Announces Release of 10,000 "Farewell to Manzanar" Educational Kits Statewide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Manzanar kits will be available to all middle and secondary schools and public libraries throughout California.
		The kit includes a VHS copy of the film, "Farewell to Manzanar," a copy of the original book of the same title, study guides tailored to the book, and a video-teaching guide produced by members of the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA).
		"Farewell to Manzanar" is the true-life story of the Wakatsuki family who lived in Santa Monica, California-one of thousands of innocent Japanese-American families incarcerated in internment camps because of their ethnic background.
	www.ltg.ca.gov /newsroom/pressreleases/2003/01/pr011503.asp (454 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1972 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston.
		The book describes Wakatsuki Houston's and her family's experience being detained at the Manzanar internment camp as part of the United States government's internment of Japanese-Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
		Jeanne, a Nisei (American-born child of Japanese immigrants) was seven years old at the time, and had spent very little time around other Asians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farewell_to_Manzanar (249 words)

	Movie Info for Farewell to Manzanar on MSN Movies
		Farewell to Manzanar recounts a dark chapter in American history from the point of view of those most closely affected by it.
		His wife and children are shipped off to the internment camp of Manzanar in California, along with thousands of other American citizens of Japanese descent.
		Farewell to Manzanar was originally telecast March 11, 1976.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=28841 (132 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar
		It reveals how the time Jeanne Wakatsuki spent at Manzanar shaped her identity—her sense of who she is and what she might become.
		Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, who wrote Farewell to Manzanar with her husband, James D. Houston, was sent with her family to Manzanar in 1942.
		With the knowledge she has gained about herself and her experiences, Wakatsuki paints Manzanar as the place that she began her passage into adulthood.
	www.angelfire.com /stars/for/manzanar.html (639 words)

	Manzanar Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Manzanar Relocation Center, established as the Owens Valley Reception Center, was first run by the U.S. Army's Wartime Civilian Control Administration (WCCA).
		The center was located at the former farm and orchard community of Manzanar.
		By mid April, up to 1,000 Japanese Americans were arriving at Manzanar a day and by mid May Manzanar had a population of over 7,000.
	www.manzanar.com /information.php (241 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar Lesson
		Offer definitions and explanations of the primary literary components of a specific autobiography: Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston.Exploring the theme of decisions and choices by analyzing and evaluating the decisions made by the book's central characters and comparing them to the students' own.
		Discuss the primary literary components of Farewell to Manzanar in cooperative groups and in essay format.
		Recognize the primary literary components of Farewell to Manzanar in a final test assessment.
	history.lawrence.com /project/teacher/mandersen/farewelllesson.htm (482 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar Questions
		When Papa joined his family at Manzanar, he isolated himself, always drinking and lashing out at his family.
		As Jeanne was about to leave Manzanar, she recalled the image of papa bringing a car to camp just before their departure.
		Why would this be important to her in finally breaking away from Manzanar and all that accompanied it?
	www.smccd.net /accounts/choi/esl854/Manzanar.htm (719 words)

	TASSI: Farewell to Manzanar
		A Unit on Farewell to Manzanar for 8th Grade English
		This expresses itself in a mode of discourse which struggles to mediate the tension from wtihin between what it means to be Asian and American; and also, from without, wherein the Asian will attempt to constitute a self identity cased greatly upon the perceptions from the hegemonic society.
		Through some poignant moments, Farewell to Manzanar attempst to raise some important concerns about generational issues (Issei and Nissel), gender roles (tradtional and non-traditional), and ethnicity (race reatlions).
	www.csupomona.edu /~tassi/manzanar.htm (756 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar - hardbound
		This classic story of life in one of America’s concentration camps is told from the view of seven-year-old Jeanne Wakatsuki.
		For a child, Manzanar became a way of life in which Jeanne struggled and adapted, observed and grew.
		Farewell to Manzanar has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country.
	www.janmstore.com /150691.html (201 words)

	Term Papers on Farewell To Manzanar - Term Papers Lab
		Farewell To Manzanar In the true story "Farewell to Manzanar" we learn of a young girl's lifeas she grows up during World War II in a Japanese internment camp.
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	CliffsNotes::Farewell to Manzanar:Book Summary and Study Guide
		In the tradition of eyewitness accounts, Farewell to Manzanar convinces readers through a sincere, objective recounting of events in the girlhood of Jeanne Wakatsuki.
		As historically correct as Samuel Pepys' recollections of the London fire and the restoration of Charles II to the throne of England, as passionately devoted to righting injustice as Elie Wiesel's Night, as tenderly innocent and family centered as The Diary of Anne Frank, the Houstons' book earns critical acclaim for verisimilitude.
		The critique concludes: "Although there are brief re-creations of some of the internal ferment at the camp, the deeper political and social implications of Manzanar are largely ignored.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-108,pageNum-5.html (646 words)

	Engines of Inquiry: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Farewell to Manzanar: Comparing Accounts of WWII Japanese-American Internment Camps
		I had students follow up their reading of Farewell to Manzanar with an exploration of several sites on Japanese-American internment camps.
		Working in pairs, students were asked to select one document that sheds new light on one of the questions discussed in class, and to write a one-page paper about its significance.
	georgetown.edu /crossroads/guide/hurley2.html (172 words)

	Farewell To Manzanar
		I decided to read, Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D.
		The book tells the story from Jeanne Wakatsuki, the main character, point of view, and how she and her family struggled to make it through this time period in American History.
		The book is told from Jeanne’s own experiences in her own town, how her peers at school treated her, and what it was like being uprooted from their home and being put into the Japanese internment camp of Manzanar.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/10/bah1.shtml (1056 words)

	Manzanar Revisited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		So inspirational was Grace Warren (English teacher, U.S. Grant High School, Van Nuys, California) at the NCTE convention that I thought, "I too can teach Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston's novel Farewell to Manzanar.
		Since October I have explored libraries, the internet, and made phone calls to include enrichment activities and articles for Houston's novel on the Japanese internment camps during WWII.
		At first, my students were unwilling to explore a history they knew nothing about.
	www.belleville.k12.wi.us /bhs/english/manzanar/manzanar.html (118 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar tickets - Farewell to Manzanar information - Los Angeles
		The Cornerstone Theater Company, in conjunction with the Japanese American National Museum, presents a one-act stage version of Farewell to Manzanar, adapted from the award-winning book.
		Find out as seven-year-old Jeanne journeys through the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II, when the U.S. government robbed over 120,000 Japanese Americans of their civil rights.
		Farewell to Manzanar is presented in conjunction with the Japanese American National Museum exhibition Ansel Adams at Manzanar, organized by the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
	www.theatermania.com /content/show.cfm/show/126580 (278 words)

	Neon Moonlight: Farewell to School Work
		I love reading and books, but not the stupid ones they make us read for school.
		I bought seven books from Barns and Noble yesterday and I'm forcing myself to finish reading Farewell to Manzanar before I start that murder mystery I so badly want to begin.
		And then I have to read Ethan Frome, but it's only a hundred pages, so that won't take very long.
	home.comcast.net /~kerris4321/2005/07/farewell-to-school-work.html (227 words)

	SparkNotes: Farewell to Manzanar: Quiz
		Home : English : Literature Study Guides : Farewell to Manzanar : Quiz
		What is Jeanne’s first experience with prejudice after returning from Manzanar?
		No Fear English Grammar is a step-by-step guide to English grammar presented in a fresh, lively tutorial.
	www.sparknotes.com /lit/manzanar/quiz.html (486 words)

	Michelle Malkin: FAREWELL TO MANZANAR'S BOOKSTORE?
		By Michelle Malkin · April 17, 2005 08:26 AM
		My old debating partner, Eric Muller, is trying to get my book banned from the Manzanar bookstore, which is operated by the National Park Service.
		Once again drawing a scurrilous parallel between my argument and that of Holocaust deniers, Muller urges his readers to contact the National Park Service.
	michellemalkin.com /archives/002108.htm (114 words)

	SparkNotes: Farewell to Manzanar
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	Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki- Textbook - Bookbyte.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Farewell to Manzanar Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki- Textbook - Bookbyte.com
		Watatsuki Houston, Jeanne D./ Houston, James D. Farewell to Manzanar, by Houston
		Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki/ Houston, James D. House on Mango Street, by Cisneros
	www.bookbyte.com /product.aspx?isbn=0553272586 (139 words)

	Wiley::CliffsNotes on Houston's Farewell To Manzanar
		The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into key elements and ideas within classic works of literature.
		CliffsNotes on Farewell to Manzanar explores the autobiographical childhood memories of the author’s wartime incarceration in a Japanese-American internment camp.
		Author background, including coverage of Jeanne’s healing return to Manzanar
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	Farewell to Manzanar
		Use these books, as a starting point for your research.
		In addition to the traditional library sources used for author biography and criticism, your search for information about Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and the book Farewell to Manzanar could include a search for information about the political and social conditions of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
		Your research can include books, periodical articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.
	www.cerritos.edu /library/guides/research/farewell_to_manzanar.html (432 words)

	Farewell to Manzanar Message Board
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		papa ens his life at manzanar and jeanne just starts hers
		I REALLY NEED THE ANSWERS TO THIS GAY BOOK
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