Ken Nakazawa The Weaver of the Frost 1st Edition 1927 hardcover

Description: Ken Nakazawa The Weaver of the Frost 1st Edition 1927 hardcover. Book itself is in great condition, clean unmarked pages, solid binding, light cover wear. The dust cover is included but is NOT in good shape. It has been placed in a mylar cover to protect it. Perhaps the first book for children written by a Japanese-American writer, a collection of adaptations of Japanese legends and fairytales. Illustrated after line drawings by S. Mizuno. Nakazawa obtained a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Oregon, and he was the first professor of Japanese descent at a major US institution, teaching at the University of Southern California for sixteen years. He was also a vice-consul with the Japanese Consulate in Los Angeles and gave speeches and wrote articles promoting Japanese culture and politics, particularly the Japanese invasion of China in the late 1930s. For this reason he was on the FBI's list of potential threats and was arrested hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nakazawa's 1943 book Amerika gokuchu yori doho ni tsugu [Report to My Compatriots from an American Prison] is arguably the first memoir of the Japanese internment. Nakazawa was repatriated to Japan at the beginning of the war; two of his American sons joined the US army. Nakazawa was allowed to return to the US after the war; he died while seeking to become a naturalized citizen. 120 pages, plus six full-page black-and-white illustrations.

Price: 159.95 USD

Location: Beaverton, Oregon

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Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD