Holy Prayers in a Horse's Ear: A Japanese American Memoir

by Kathleen Tamagawa

Book Overview

Originally published in 1932, Kathleen Tamagawa's pioneering Asian American memoir is a sensitive and thoughtful look at the personal and social complexities of growing up racially mixed during the early twentieth century. Born in 1893 to an Irish American mother and a Japanese father and raised in Chicago and Japan, Tamagawa reflects on the difficulty she experienced fitting into either parent's native culture.

She describes how,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813542987
• ISBN13: 9780813542980
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"