BOOKS ABOUT TOPAZ

Books about Topaz and stories by Topaz internees and other historians

  • Adachi, Yuriko Jane (compiler). Memories Find Their Voices—Japanese American Experiences During
  • and After World War II. Mercurio Bros. Printing, 2008.
  • Altschul, Craig, ed. Pearls: The Fred Y. Hoshiyama Story. Marshall Jones Co., 2010.
  • Arrington, Leonard J. The Price of Prejudice: The Japanese-American Relocation Center in Utah During World War II. 2nd ed. Topaz Museum, 1997.
  • Bannai, Lorraine K. Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice. University of Washington Press, 2018.
  • Burgard, Timothy Anglin. Great Nature: The Transcendent Landscapes of Chiura Obata. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2000.
  • Cross, John L. Scouting at Topaz, Utah: Central Utah Relocation Center During World War II. Utah National Parks Council. Provo, Utah, 1995.
  • Daniels, Roger. The Japanese American Cases: The Rule of Law in Time of War. University Press of Kansas, 2013.
  • Dempster, Brian Komai, ed. From Our Side of the Fence. Kearney Street Workshop, 2001.
    ____________. Making Home From War–Stories of Japanese American Exile and Resettlement. Heyday Books, 2011.
    ____________. Topaz. Four Way Books, 2013.
  • Fujino, Diane C. Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life. University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
  • Hamamoto, Darryl Y., ed. Blossoms in the Desert—Topaz High School Class of 1945. Giant Horse Printing Co., 2003.
  • Hathaway, Heather. That Damned Fence: The Literature of the Japanese American Prison Camps. Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • Hibi, Hisako and Ibuki H. Lee. Peaceful Painter: Memoirs of an Issei Woman Artist. Heyday Books, 2004.
  • Hill, Kimi Kodani. Topaz Moon: Art of the Internment. Heyday Books, 2000.
  • Irons, Peter, ed. Justice Delayed: The Record of the Japanese American Internment Cases. Wesleyan University Press, 1989.
    ____________. Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese American Internment Cases. University of California Press, 1993.
  • Ivey, Linda L. and Kevin W. Kaatz. Citizen Internees: A Second Look at Race and Citizenship in Japanese American Internment Camps. Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-Clio, LLC, 2017.
  • Johnston, Christine Toy. From Topaz to Peace Plaza. NoPassport Press, 2023.
  • Kenney, Karen Latchana and Melissa York. Korematsu vs. the United States—Japanese American Internment Camps (Landmark Supreme Court Cases). Essential Library, 2012.
  • Kitano, Harry H. L. Japanese Americans: The Evolution of a Subculture. Prentice Hall, Inc., 1969.
  • ____________. Generations and Identity: The Japanese American. Ginn Press, 1993.
  • Kitashima, Tsukayo “Sox” and Joy K. Morimoto. Birth of an Activist: The Sox Kitashima Story. Asian American Curriculum Project Inc., 2003.
  • Kiyota, Minoru. Beyond Loyalty—The Story of a Kibei. University of Hawaii Press, 1997.
  • Maki, Mitchell T., Harry H. L. Kitano and S. Megan Berthold. Achieving the Impossible Dream: How Japanese Americans Obtained Redress. University of Illinois Press, 1999.
  • Mar, Toni (Preface). Chiura Obata: A California Journey. The Oakland Museum, 1977.
  • Mori, Toshio. Unfinished Message: Selected Works of Toshio Mori. Heyday Books, 2000.
  • ____________. Yokohama, California. University of Washington Press; rev. ed., 2015.
  • ____________. The Chauvinist and Other Stories. Modern Times Publishing, 2022.
  • Obata, Chiura (Artist), Janice T. Driesbach and Susan Landauer (Contributors). Chiura Obata’s Yosemite: The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927. Yosemite Conservancy; illus. ed., 1993.
  • Okubo, Miné. Citizen 13660. University of Washington Press; rev. ed., 2014.
  • Otsuka, Julie. When the Emperor Was Divine. Anchor Books A Division of Random House Inc., 2003.
  • Richardson, Susan B., ed. I Call to Remembrance: Toyo Suyemotoés Years of Internment. Rutgers University Press, 2007.
  • Robinson, Greg and Elena Tajima Creef, eds. Miné Okubo: Following Her Own Road. University of Washington Press, 2008.
  • Sasaki, Ruth A. The Loom and Other Stories. Graywolf Press, 1991.
  • Taylor, Sandra C. Jewel of the Desert: Japanese American Internment at Topaz. University of California Press, 1991.
  • Uchida, Yoshiko. Desert Exile—The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family. University of Washington Press, 1982.
    ____________. Picture Bride. University of Washington Press, 1987.
  • Wang, ShiPu. Chiura Obata: An American Modern. Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California Santa Barbara in assoc. with the University of California Press, 2018.
    ____________, ed. Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi and Miné Okubo. Japanese American National Museum in assoc. with the University of California Press, 2023.
  • yamada, gayle k. and Dianne Fukami. Building A Community—The Story of Japanese Americans in San Mateo County. Asian American Curriculum Project, Inc., 1997.
  • Yamashita, Karen Tei. Letters to Memory. Coffee House Press, 2017.
  • Yoshida, George. Reminiscing in Swingtime: Japanese Americans in Popular Music, 1925 – 1960. National Japanese American Historical Society, 1997.

Recommended for Young Readers

  • Atkins, Laura and Stan Yogi. Fred Korematsu Speaks Up. Heyday Books, 2017. (Children/Young Adult)
  • Chandler, Annupam, Mudhavi and Angelia Loi. Fred Korematsu: All American Hero. Carolina Academic Press, 2011. (Graphic novel; Children/Young Adult)
  • Chee, Traci. We Are Not Free. Clarion Books, Reprint ed., 2022. (Young Adult)
  • Chin, Steven A. and David Tamura (illus.). When Justice Failed: The Fred Korematsu Story. Steck-Vaughn
  • Publishers, 1993. (Children)
  • Ferrin, Josh and Tres Ferrin. Blitz Kids: The Cinderella Story of the 1944 University of Utah National Championship Basketball Team. Gibbs Smith, 2012. (Young Adult)
  • Hughes, Kiku. Displacement. FirstSecond (illus. edition), 2020. (Graphic novel; Young Adult)
  • Kamei, Susan H. When Can We Go Back to America? Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2021. (Children/Young Adult)
  • Kitano, Harry H. L. The Japanese Americans. Chelsea House, 2nd ed., 1987. (Young Adult)
  • Lee-Tai, Amy and Felicia Hoshino (illus.). A Place Where Sunflowers Grow. Childrens Book Press, An Imprint of Lee & Low Books, 2006. (Picture book; Children)
  • Tunnell, Michael O. and George W. Chilcoat. The Children of Topaz–The Story of a Japanese American Internment Camp Based on a Classroom Diary. Revised Color Edition Charlesbridge, 2011. (Children)
    ____________. Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire. Charlesbridge, 2020. (Children)
  • Uchida, Yoshiko. Journey to Topaz–The Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation. Heyday Books, 1971. (Children)
    ____________. The Bracelet. Putnam & Grosset Group, 1976. (Children)
    ____________. Journey Home. Aladdin Paperbacks, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, 1978. (Children)
    ____________. The Invisible Thread. Julian Messner, Simon & Schuster, 1991. (Children)
Topaz Museum exterior

Photo: Brian Buroker

Help Support Our Museum

DONATE TODAY