Enemy child : the story of Norman Mineta, a boy imprisoned in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II /

A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Warren, Andrea (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mineta, Norman Yoshio, > 1931- > Juvenile literature. Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) > Children > Biography > Juvenile literature. Mineta, Norman Yoshio, > 1931- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Children > Biography > Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 > Children > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans > Children > Biography > Juvenile literature. Legislators. Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Children. World War, 1939-1945 > Children. World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans.

Table of Contents:

Before the storm
Coming to America
War at home
The world at war
Lowering the net
Losing everything
Santa Anita
Into the wilderness
Heart mountain
New routines
Making the best of it
Baseball!
Meeting the enemy
The miracle of Heart Mountain
Leaving Heart Mountain
Victory over Japan
Going home
School, army, politics
A distinguished career.