Manzanar

by Jane Wehrey

Book Overview

East of the rugged Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley lies Manzanar. Founded in 1910 as a fruit-growing colony, it was named in Spanish for the fragrant apple orchards that once filled its
spectacularly scenic landscape. Owens Valley Paiute lived there first, followed by white homesteaders and ranchers. But with the onset of World War II came a new identity as the first of 10 "relocation centers" hastily built in 1942 to house 110,000 people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738558087
• ISBN13: 9780738558080
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"