Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II

by Daniel James Brown

In April 1946, in the aftermath of World War II, George Orwell wrote, “Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.”

It’s the story of the first Americans since the Cherokee in 1838 to face wholesale forced removal from their homes, deprivation of their livelihoods, and mass incarceration.