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PublisherChronicle Books

ISBN-101452165106

ISBN-139781452165103

eBay Product ID (ePID)3057254591

Product Key Features

Book TitleSeen and Unseen : What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal about the Japanese American Incarceration

Number of Pages132 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicPhotography, World, Biography & Autobiography / Art, History / United States / 20th Century

IllustratorTamaki, Lauren, Yes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, History

AuthorElizabeth Partridge

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight24.4 Oz

Item Length10.3 in

Item Width8.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2021-059601

Reviews"Accessible main text and primary-source quotes combined with remarkably creative use of contemporary illustrations and archival photographs results in a uniquely crafted and engaging historical narrative." - The Horn Book, "Powerful visuals...accompanied by clear, straightforward text, this arresting work brings history to vivid life. A bold combination of art, media, and records create a compelling read." - Kirkus Reviews , starred review, "Any kid into graphic novels and comics is going to fall naturally into reading this factual history. The transition is almost seamless. As books about this moment in history go, Seen and Unseen has gotta be one of the most enjoyable I've ever encountered...a pleasure to read. The mix of illustration and photography is expertly done, the text never thick and dull. You are sucked into Partridge's telling and Tamaki's art from the get go.... History, photography, comic art, and a distinctly contemporary take on telling kids the truth about the past. What could be better?" - Betsy Bird , School Library Journal

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromFifth Grade

Dewey Decimal940.531773089956

Grade ToNinth Grade

SynopsisThis important work of nonfiction features powerful images of the Japanese American incarceration captured by three photographers--Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams--along with firsthand accounts of this grave moment in history. Three months after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the incarceration of all Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the West Coast of the United States. Families, teachers, farm workers--all were ordered to leave behind their homes, their businesses, and everything they owned. Japanese and Japanese Americans were forced to live under hostile conditions in incarceration camps, their futures uncertain. Three photographers set out to document life at Manzanar, an incarceration camp in the California desert: Dorothea Lange was a photographer from San Francisco best known for her haunting Depression-era images. Dorothea was hired by the US government to record the conditions of the camps. Deeply critical of the policy, she wanted her photos to shed light on the harsh reality of incarceration. Toyo Miyatake was a Japanese-born, Los Angeles-based photographer who lent his artistic eye to portraying dancers, athletes, and events in the Japanese community. Imprisoned at Manzanar, he devised a way to smuggle in photographic equipment, determined to show what was really going on inside the barbed-wire confines of the camp. Ansel Adams was an acclaimed landscape photographer and environmentalist. Hired by the director of Manzanar, Ansel hoped his carefully curated pictures would demonstrate to the rest of the United States the resilience of those in the camps. In Seen and Unseen , Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki weave together these photographers' images, firsthand accounts, and stunning original art to examine the history, heartbreak, and injustice of the Japanese American incarceration. AWARENESS OF AMERICAN HISTORY: This impactful book engages with an underrepresented topic in American history, and highlights important and timely themes like primary sources, censorship, and visual literacy. SUBSTANTIAL BACKMATTER: Featuring eighteen pages of backmatter, including an Author's and Illustrator's Note, footnotes, photo credits, biographies of each photographer, and more. Perfect for: Parents Educators Librarians

LC Classification NumberD769.8.A6P365 2022