Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan

by Leslie Helm

Book Overview

"A lovely, unsettling family story and a vivid traversal of modern Japanese history that will impress the jaded Japan scholar and inspire the curious general reader or memoir fan." -- Library Journal

Helm was the Tokyo correspondent for the Los Angeles Times when he realized that the majority of the articles he had written were "critical of Japan in some way." This was surprising considering Helm was born in Japan and is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0984457666
• ISBN13: 9780984457663
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Chin Music
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 8.7"