cover image Manzanar

Manzanar

John Armor. Vintage Books USA, $16.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-72275-5

Manzanar was one of two ``relocation centers'' in California where Japanese Americans were incarcerated--on racial grounds and false evidence of military necessity--during WW II. PW called the 100 photos presented here ``memorable for their straightforward depiction of the conditions under which the detainees lived out their spartan existence in stoic dignity.'' (Nov.)