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Nisei Kindle Edition
JJ White (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date28 June 2016
- File size1785 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B01HQOY92C
- Publisher : Black Opal Books (28 June 2016)
- Language : English
- File size : 1785 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 240 pages
- Customer Reviews:
About the author

J.J. White ( www.jjwhitebooks.com ) has penned eight novels and over three hundred short stories. He has had articles and stories published in several anthologies and magazines including, Wordsmith, The Homestead Review, The Seven Hills Review, Bacopa Review, and The Grey Sparrow Journal. His story, The Adventure of the Nine Hole League, was recently published in the Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, Volume 13. His story, "Lucky Bastard Club" was recently published by The Saturday Evening Post." He has won awards and honors from the Alabama Writers Conclave, Writers-Editors International, Maryland Writers Association, The Royal Palm Literary Awards, Professional Writers of Prescott, and Writer's Digest.
J.J. was recently nominated for the Pushcart Prize for his short piece Tour Bus. His novel, Prodigious Savant, was published in 2014 as part of a three book deal with Black Opal Books. His second novel, Deviant Acts, was published November 14, 2015. He enjoys writing, surfing, golf and tennis. He lives in Merritt Island, Florida with his understanding wife, editor, and typist, Pamela.
Customer reviews
Top review from Australia
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During WWII, we were battling Germans and Italians in Europe, and had been attacked by the Japanese December 7, 1941. Not only were Japanese Americans being watched, so was anyone with an accent or ties to Europe or Japan. Yet it is what was done to the Japanese that stands out the most. Racism and prejudice spread; the seed of which was fear, just like today. It is only with knowledge, understanding, and love can this be stopped.
In Nisei, an innocent, Japanese American young man’s artwork was used to facilitate the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now we have satellite phones that can transmit instantaneously. It has become technologically challenging to protect our borders, to guard our families, to prevent another 9/11. It is my hope we do not revisit our past mistakes, but we must protect the United States. Thank you, JJ White, for bringing this part of American history to light. Let us not forget.
— CJ Loiacono
Top reviews from other countries

Then came December 7, 1941.
Nisei is told primarily through a long letter dictated by Bobby for his son, to be read on his 18th birthday. But the son doesn't read it until much later in life, when he is at the lowest point of his life, and ready to end it all. But he discovers the manuscript, and curiosity keeps him reading.
The novel, well crafted and ingeniously simple, kept me reading.
At times while reading Nisei, I thought I could be reading a love story. But the undeniable overarching theme of Nisei, the Japanese term for the children of Japanese immigrants — in this case, Hawaii — is the story of the highly decorated and universally praised 442nd Regimental Combat Team, comprised of Americans of Japanese Ancestory, most of them Nisei. The unit fought with highest distinction in the European Theater during WWII despite the fact many had families in internment camps.
Nisei, through a fictional character, retells many aspects of the unit's campaigns, enough to satisfy any fan of war fiction.
But in the end, Nisei is a love story: father-son; friends who grow up together despite differences of race and religion; forbidden love between a Nisei boy and a Caucasian girl, high school sweethearts swept up in the winds of war and the prejudices of the time.
From the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, to the summer of 2000, Nisei's retelling of the saga of two families and the unforeseen consequences of desperate decisions makes for fine reading. And as a bonus, the author has included many references to material he used in his research of the 442nd, and noted the availability of it for those interested. For history buffs, those with an interest in the era, and those interested in the exploits of the 442nd, it is a treasure.




Reviewed in the United States on 19 January 2017

