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Daniel James Brown — Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

  • 12 May 2021
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Daniel James Brown — Facing the Mountain:

A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II


Wednesday, May 12, 2021

6:00 PM EDT


Join us for this online American Stories, Inspiration Today author series event presented by American Ancestors NEHGS in partnership with Boston Public Library and GBH Forum Network. This program, which is also part of the BPL's Repairing America series, will feature Daniel James Brown, author of Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II, and be moderated by Japanese-American writer, editor, and lecturer Roland Nozomu Kelts.

**From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism**

An unforgettable chronicle of war-time America, Facing the Mountain portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons. One demonstrated his courage as a resister. The three others volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and displayed fierce courage on the battlefields of France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible in often suicidal missions. Based on deep archival research and extensive family interviews, Brown also tells the story of these soldiers’ parents, immigrants who were forced to shutter the businesses, surrender their homes, and submit to imprisonment on U.S. soil. Here, as in The Boys in the Boat, he explores the questions of what “home” means, what makes a team work, and who gets to be a “real American.” Don’t miss the author’s presentation and discussion with Roland Kelts about this powerful new work.

To purchase this book from one of our community bookstore partners, Porter Square Books, visit this link to their website.


About the Speakers:


Daniel James Brown is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, which spent over 135 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list; The Indifferent Stars Above; and Under a Flaming Sky. He lives in Washington State, near Seattle, and has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University.


Photo credit: Robin V. Brown


Roland Nozomu Kelts is a Japanese-American writer, editor, and lecturer; author of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture has Invaded the US. He writes for publications in the US, Japan, and Europe, and is a commentator for CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio. A contributing editor of MONKEY: New Writing from Japan, he was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Tokyo.

Photo credit: Lisa Kato

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