"Dear Miss Breed..." the letters begin. Over 250 of them in all, these faded and creased remnants of history tell the story of young Japanese Americans incarcerated in America's World War II concentration camps and illustrate how the commitment of a single person can profoundly touch the lives of so many people.
Book Review: Dear Miss Breed by Joanne OppenheimLooking back to a shameful but characteristic chapter in this country`s history, Oppenheim wraps an angry account of the U.S. West Coast Japanese-American population`s forced removal in the panic following Pearl Harbor around a heartfelt tribute to Clara Breed, a San Diego children`s librarian who kept in touch with several of her evacuated young 'regulars' and became an advocate for their release.
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