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Bridge to the Sun
by Terasaki, Gwen
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0961385928
- ISBN 13
- 9780961385927
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Wakestone Books, 1985. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Book is clean with a slight cock to the spine, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book and dust jacket have minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. Bridge to the Sun is a beautiful, tender, and moving love story-the true report of an international and interracial marriage of a Japanese diplomat and an American girl from the mountains of Tennessee. They were married in 1931, just as tension between their two countries was mounting, and their constant dream was of a â?orainbow across the Pacific,â? a bridge of peace between Japan and the United States. In the following ten years, Mr. Terasakiâ?s service with the Japanese Foreign Office took them to Japan, China (where their daughter Mariko was born), Cuba, and Washington, where they were living at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Mrs. Terasaki describes with rare perception and fine humor her months of internment with the Japanese diplomatic corps at Hot Springs and White Sulphur Springs, the long voyage back to Japan via Africa on the famed exchange ship Gripsholm, and the struggle of the war years in Japan which were marked with illness and near starvation. After the surrender, Mr. Terasaki, a courageous and brilliant man who had dedicated his life and health to avert the war, was appointed liaison between the Emperor and General MacArthur, and in this capacity, he played a vital part in the post-war relations between the two countries. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025599
- Title
- Bridge to the Sun
- Author
- Terasaki, Gwen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0961385928
- ISBN 13
- 9780961385927
- Publisher
- Wakestone Books
- Place of Publication
- Newport, Tn
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 260
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction Memoir World War II Japanese Internment Camp
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dons Book Store
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About the Seller
Dons Book Store
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Dons Book Store
We are a family owned and operated bookstore in same location for 52 years. We have built our business on integrity, professional and personal service. General line of new and used paperback and hardback books, comics and graphic novels.
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