{"product_id":"photographic-memories-a-story-of-shinjitsu-9780578672298","title":"Photographic Memories: A Story of Shinjitsu","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidori Shimoda would have been the last person to have described his life as anything other than ordinary. Yet, how do you describe as ordinary a life that included: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA three-week long, trans-Pacific, ocean crossing without family or friends at the age of nine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA perilous evacuation from California in the immediate aftermath of the bombing of Pearl Harbor followed by \"adoption\" by a rogue Mormon family in Utah;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo arrests and subsequent incarcerations for suspected espionage\/treason; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn internment that followed the incarcerations; and \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Visits\" from the FBI for ten years following the end of World War II.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd, that's not to mention that his most extraordinary life intersected with, among others: Grace Kelly, Fay Wray, Ansel Adams, J. Edgar Hoover, William Randolph Hearst, Betty Hutton, Gloria Swanson and Twiggy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotographic Memories: A Story of Shinjistu\u003c\/em\u003e is the product of hundreds of hours of meticulous research conducted in person, via visits to sites where Midori lived and worked, through interviews and online. It is as faithful a narrative of Midori Shimoda's life as possible given the passage of time. Conversations have been re-created based upon source material and the recollections of those whom we interviewed. The characters Midori encountered in prison and while in the internment camp have been rendered as composites based upon our best understanding of those episodes in his life. All of the other characters in the book are people Midori encountered along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Randb Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578672298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.67d","brand":"Risa Shimoda and Bob Fleshner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38012766060725,"sku":"9780578672298","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3882ae1e-c30e-4ad2-9975-d8c6cdeec010.jpg?v=1609137722","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/photographic-memories-a-story-of-shinjitsu-9780578672298","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}