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Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston : ウィキペディア英語版 | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born September 26, 1934) is an American writer. Her writings are mostly focused on the ethnic diversity of the United States. She is best known for her autobiographical novel ''Farewell to Manzanar'' which details her own experiences as a Japanese American in World War II internment camps. ==Biography== Houston was born in Inglewood, California on September 26, 1934, and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School. She was the youngest of four boys and six girls in the Wakatsuki family. She studied sociology and journalism.〔 For the first seven years she experienced a normal childhood. She lived in Southern California until 1942 (when Pearl Harbor was bombed and President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066) when she and her family were evacuated. They were forced to leave their home and be taken to Manzanar. She and her family spent the next three years in the camp, attempting to live a "normal" life behind barbed wire, under the watch of armed guards in searchlight towers. Despite their efforts, obstacles managed to get in the way: her father's drinking habits and aggressive abuse, having no freedom, and very little space in the cubicles. However, things eventually improved, and they learned to adapt to their environment. Several years after leaving the camp in 1945, Jeanne went to San Jose St. College where she studied sociology and journalism. She met her husband James D. Houston there, and they married in 1957. Jeanne later decided to tell her story about the time she spent in Manzanar in ''Farewell to Manzanar'', co-authored by her husband, in 1972. Ten years after their marriage, in 1967, Jeanne gave birth to a girl. Six years later she gave birth to twins. Other publications include ''Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder'' (1984) with Paul G. Hensler as co-author, and ''Beyond Manzanar and Other Views of Asian-American Womanhood'' (1985).
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