Legends from Camp

by Lawson Fusao Inada

Book Overview

Winner, 1994 American Book Award. Los Angeles Times Book Award for Poetry finalist. "Recommended for classroom and library use, this book will add a fresh dimension to a growing body of literature that remembers, humanizes, and shares the Japanese-American internment experience for new generations."--Choice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566890047
• ISBN13: 9781566890045
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10 and higher

Customer Reviews

Legends from Camp

I had the great pleasure to hear Lawson Fusao Inada read some of his poems from this book. It is truly inspirational to catch a glimpse, through his words, of his view of the world. "Legends from Camp" contains poems inspired by his childhood in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII, his home in the state of Oregon, and his love of Jazz. On the back cover of the book, Leslie Marmon Silko writes: "Inada's ear for the musicality of English is unsurpassed: Legends from Camp is a veritable symphony you must not miss." This is so true.