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Okubo, Mine, 1912-2001 Citizen 13660

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09987 Author/Creator: Okubo, Mine, 1912-2001 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1946 Pagination: 1 v. : 209 p. : Order a Copy

One book entitled Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo published 1946. The book details Okubo's life in an internment camp. Most pages in the book contain text and a drawing done by Okubo. It contains 206 drawings from her time in the camps. It was the first published account of the experience from an internee. The title of the book refers to the number assigned to Okubo by the US government during her internment period.

Okubo, Mine, 1912-2001

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