Farewell to Manzanar “Farewell to Manzanar”, was written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston ( Wakatsuki’s husband) in 1973. It is an autobiography of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstons life and her family during World War II. The book opens when Pearl Harbor is bombed. Jeanne was only seven years old at that time and is force to leave behind the life she as known up that point. The family is moved to Manzanar, where the …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…Jeanne as it did for many others including those of my friend’s grandparents. Executive Order 9066 that President Franklin Roosevelt passed was probably on of America’s darkness moments. Today, I would like to think that something like the Japanese internment camps would never happen again. This country is known for freedom, liberty, and justice. Yet no matter how much you want to believe it true, one still questions it during a time of war.