First Among Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto

by Dennis M. Ogawa

Primarily based on Masaji Marumoto's oral histories, this book is an account of Marumoto's life and career--from the time he was a child until he was well into his retirement years in the mid-1980s.

One of Hawaii's most distinguished Nisei, Marumoto was the first person of Asian ancestry to graduate from Harvard Law School, the first Japanese American president of the Hawaii Bar Association, and the first Japanese American to serve on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824831411
• ISBN13: 9780824831417
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 224 Pages