At the time she was only seven years old.
They rode in large greyhound buses from Los Angeles to Manzanar, a drive that takes about three hours and forty five minutes today. They were forced to leave their home and be taken to Manzanar. She lived in Los Angeles, California until 1942 when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, causing her and her family to be evacuated. įor the first seven years she experienced a normal childhood. She was the youngest of four boys and six girls in the Wakatsuki family. Houston was born in Inglewood, California, on September 26, 1934, attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School for three years and graduated from James Lick High School in San Jose. She is best known for her autobiographical novel Farewell to Manzanar that narrates her personal experiences in World War II internment camps. Her writings primarily focus on ethnic identity formation in the United States of America.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born September 26, 1934) is an American writer.
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