x, 388 pages, [16 unnumbered pages of plates] : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-373) and index.
Contents
City of good neighbors -- Twinkletoes -- Furusato -- How to make it in America -- 9066 -- A question of blood -- Japanita -- 58 minutes -- Kannon-sama is crying -- "Trapped like rats in a wired cage" -- Everything is going along fine -- A determined effort to see the job through -- 13 days -- Warriors -- Coyotes -- Bulldogs -- 4-F -- Letter from Laramie County Jail -- Boys of summer -- Chasing perfection -- November 4, 1944 -- Going about like eagles.
Summary
A painstakingly researched account details the tragic and triumphant story of the Eagles, a high school football team from Cody, Wyoming's World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp.