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"Mitzi Asai's parents immigrated to the United States from Japan early in the 20th century. Her father, the central personage in this memoir, worked all sorts of manual jobs as a young man in order to buy farmland near Hood River, Oregon. He and his wife would raise a family of eight, although circumstance and the affairs of governments ensured that during the Second World War, the oldest daughter would die under American bombs in Yokohama (and her son would be "lost" to the family for some time after being kidnapped and adopted out by in-laws); two of the sons would fight in the US Army in the Pacific theater; while the rest of the family spent the war behind barbed wire on what was, for most of them, their native soil. The youngest of the eight, Mitzi Asai Loftus recounts the saga matter-of-factly, and lets events speak for themselves. Loftus self-published this 1990 memoir; to obtain a copy, write to Pigeon Point Press, Box 3636, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420, or send an e-mail to me at dloft59@earthlink.net"
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- farmer/fisherman
Ethnic/Relig. of subject (inside)
- Japanese
Gender/Class story?
- immigrant story
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Kind of living:
- pioneering in countryside
Family, love
Yes
If this is a culture clash:
- minority culture living in majority area
Ethnic/regional/gender
Yes
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- long lived adults
Ethnicity
- Japanese
Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- Pacific NW
- California
Prairie?
Yes
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- prison
- fort/military installation
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- gentle
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
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