Description
Masumi Mitsui descended from an ancient line of rulers and warriors who helped forge the country of Japan. His grandfather was one of the last samurai to serve a Japanese emperor. None of this mattered when he immigrated to Canada in 1908. Instead of being accepted and honored as a new citizen, he encountered brutal hatred and bigotry.
His journey for acceptance took him to the trenches of World War 1, then home to Canada as a decorated war hero with a new cause to fight for-the rights of Japanese Canadians. But all of Masumi's hard-earned victories counted for little when, on December 7, 1941 a stealthy Japanese navy unleashed a violent attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. In one day, Japanese Canadians became enemies of their own country.
Canadian Samurai is a gripping biography of a Canadian immigrant who was never widely recognized for his courage and honor or his contribution to Canada. He was a civil rights leader before anyone knew what that was. And through decades of victories and betrayals, Masumi lived by the ancient bushido code of honor-a code that still resonates today.
Author: Russ Crawford
Publisher: Agrinomics I.T. Consulting Ltd.
Published: 02/03/2020
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781999280505
ISBN10: 1999280504
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | Asian & Asian American
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- History | Canada | Post-Confederation (1867-)