Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

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Pamela Rotner Sakamoto is an American historian and writer on Japanese and Japanese American history, best known for her 2016 book Midnight in Broad Daylight.

Biography

Sakamoto grew up in

Honolulu, Hawaii,[5] where she teaches history at Punahou School.[5][6][7]

Sakamoto is the author of Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees (1998).

Holocaust.[8]

Her book Midnight in Broad Daylight (2016), a true-life story about the

Japanese-American Fukuhara family divided by World War II, and the Japanese-American war hero Harry K. Fukuhara, was listed by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best nonfiction books of 2016.[9] This book also touches on the internment of Japanese Americans, life in wartime Japan, the Japanese-American Military Intelligence Service, and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[10]

Bibliography

  • Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees (Praeger, 1998)[11][12][13]
  • Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds (HarperCollins, 2016)
    ISBN 978-0-06-235193-7[1][6][4][14][15]

References

  1. ^ a b c Tuttle, Kate (24 July 2016). "The story behind the book: Tale of Japanese family split by internment and war". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. N16. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ "About". Pamela Rotner Sakamoto. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  3. ^ a b BookBrowse. "Pamela Rotner Sakamoto author biography". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  4. ^ a b c Hansen, Arthur A.; Oct 2016, Nichi Bei Weekly / 13. "The Fukuhara Family Caught Between Two Sides". Discover Nikkei. Retrieved 2019-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b c Kalb, Deborah (2016-05-24). "Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb: Q&A with Pamela Rotner Sakamoto". Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  6. ^ a b Matsueda, Pat (10 January 2016). "A family divided by World War II". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. p. F6. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Pamela Rotner Sakamoto". Hawaiʻi Book & Music Festival. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
  8. ^ Fogel, Joshua A. (July 1999). "Review of Sakamoto, Pamela Rotner, Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma". H-Asia, H-Net Reviews. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  9. ^ "MIDNIGHT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto |". Kirkus Reviews. January 5, 2016.
  10. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  11. S2CID 170526737
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  12. S2CID 161111666
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  13. ISSN 0008-4107
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  14. ^ Frase, Brigitte (6 January 2016). "Japanese-American family torn apart during WWII". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. E8. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  15. ^ Damsker, Matt (20 March 2016). "'Midnight' shines light on Japanese-American story". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. U3. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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