Out of the Frying Pan: Reflections of a Japanese American - Hardcover

Hosokawa, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0870815008 ISBN 13: 9780870815003

Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado, 1998

Synopsis

From vividly recollected personal experiences, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN is a fresh, personal account of one of the greatest injustices in 20th-century U.S. history. Bill Hosokawa, this country's leading Japanese American journalist, tells how he, his wife, and their infant child were herded into a U.S. World War II relocation camp in Wyoming.

Bringing his narrative into the present, he examines with humor and insight the current place occupied by Japanese Americans in the larger culture of our nation. A searching and insightful memoir from an extraordinary man, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN is a significant statement on race relations in the U.S. today.

About this title

About the Author

Bill Hosokawa is a native of Seattle. In 1946 he joined THE DENVER POST, where he worked until his retirement. He is the author of NISEI (William Morris, reprinted by the University Press of Colorado), THIRTY-FIVE YEARS IN THE FRYING PAN, THE TWO WORLDS OF JIM YOSHIDA, THE URANIUM AGE, and five other books including the definitive history of THE DENVER POST, THUNDER IN THE ROCKIES.

Review

"Hosokawa tells his story in clear, concise sentences and without the bombast that might be expected from someone treated so badly. . . . There's a dignity in Hosokawa's writing that allows no hatred, no self-pity. It's straight down the line journalism and a remarkable story." -- THE DENVER POST

"Hosokawa writes in an openhearted, down-to-earth fashion, and his columns include both further explorations of what it means to be Japanese-American and commentaries on watershed moments of parenthood and family life. . . . Hosokawa's book offers glimpses, from various angles and without bitterness, of an American life touched by both injustice and fulfillment." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"There are many lessons to be learned from Bill Hosokawa's bittersweet personal account of the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II. OUT OF THE FRYING PAN is a poignant reminder of an event in our nation's history which must never be forgotten, lest we cease to appreciate the hardships endured and adversities overcome to secure the riches and privileges which are now ours through this great democracy. This story illustrates the Japanese-American struggle to overcome prejudice and restore ethnic pride. It comprises one of the many threads woven in the colorful, yet not always bright, tapestry of American history. It is a story that needs to be read and understood by all of our citizens to ensure that the next generation may go forward in peace, freedom and harmony." -- U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0870815008
• ISBN 13: 9780870815003
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192