David A Neiwert: 2 books
Strawberry Days
How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Strawberry Days tells the vivid and moving tale of the creation and destruction of a Japanese immigrant community. Before World War II, Bellevue, the now-booming "edge city" on the outskirts of Seattle, was a prosperous farm town renowned for its strawberries. Many of its farmers were recent...
Death on the Fourth of July
The Story of a Killing, a Trial, and Hate Crime in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
On July 4, 2000, three young Asian American men visiting the small town of Ocean Shores, Washington, were attacked by a group of skinheads in the parking lot of a Texaco station. Threats and slurs gave way to violence and, ultimately, a fatal stabbing. But this tragedy culminated with a twist. A young...