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  bestselling author of &lt;em&gt;The Boys on the Boat&lt;/em&gt;\, &lt;strong&gt;Daniel J
 ames Brown&lt;/strong&gt;\, in conversation with &lt;strong&gt;Tom Ikeda&lt;/strong&gt;\, E
 xecutive Director of Densho\, to celebrate the release of the paperback ed
 ition of his newest book &lt;em&gt;Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanes
 e American Heroes in World War II&lt;/em&gt;.\n\n&lt;em&gt;About the book&lt;/em&gt;:\n\nThe
 y came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to 
 embrace both their Japanese heritage and their American homeland. They fac
 ed bigotry\, yet they believed in their bright futures as American citizen
 s. But within days of the attack on Pearl Harbor\, the FBI was ransacking 
 their houses and locking up their fathers. And within months many would th
 emselves be living behind barbed wire.\n\nShowcasing Brown’s inimitable 
 narrative skills\, &lt;em&gt;Facing the Mountain&lt;/em&gt; is an unforgettable stor
 y unfolding across war-time America and the battlefields of Europe. Based 
 on Brown’s extensive interviews with the families of the protagonists as
  well as deep archival research\, the book chronicles the kaleidoscopic jo
 urneys of four Japanese-American families and their sons—Gordon Hirabaya
 shi\, Rudy Tokiwa\, Fred Shiosaki\, and Kats Miho. One demonstrated his co
 urage as a resister. The others volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Te
 am and displayed fierce courage in the mountains and forests of France\, G
 ermany\, and Italy where they were tasked with doing the near-impossible.\
 n\nBut this is more than a tale of war. Brown also tells the story of thes
 e soldiers’ parents\, Japanese immigrants who were forced to shutter the
  businesses\, surrender their homes\, and submit to life in concentration 
 camps on U.S. soil. Woven throughout is the chronicle of Gordon Hirabayash
 i\, one of a cadre of patriotic resisters who stood up against their gover
 nment in defense of their Constitutional rights. Whether on battlefields o
 r in courtrooms\, these were Americans under unprecedented strain\, doing 
 what Americans—at their best—are capable of doing: striving\, resistin
 g\, rising up\, standing on principle\, laying down their lives\, and endu
 ring. Brown explores the questions of what home means\, what makes a team 
 succeed\, who gets to be a “real American\,” and what citizens owe the
 ir country—and vice versa.\n\n&lt;em&gt;Facing the Mountain&lt;/em&gt; is available
  now in hardcover from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/products/facing
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 ill be available in paperback in May 2022.\n\n&lt;em&gt;This program is presente
 d in partnership with Densho.&lt;/em&gt;\n
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SUMMARY:Author Discussion—Facing the Mountain with Daniel James Brown
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