Beginning with the bombing of Pearl Harbor \, Two F aces tells the gripping tale of a cross-racial friendship that en dured the incarceration of Japanese immigrants during World War II. The no vel is inspired by the real-life tale of the two authors\, who first met i n high school through the Methodist Youth Fellowship.
\nGordon Hidea ki Nagai and his family were forced to leave their family-owned farm just outside Atwater\, California and spent most of World War II in a concentra tion camp in Colorado before being allowed to return home.
\nAbout the Author:
\nGordon graduated in the Livingston Hig h School class of 1956. He was a student-athlete being a member of the jun ior varsity football team as a running back\, and on the track and field t eam competing in several running and jumping events. He served as the seni or class president.
\nUpon graduation he attended one year at Fresno State College\, then transferred to the University of California at Berke ley where he graduated with a Master of Social Welfare degree in 1963. He served two years of alternative service in lieu of military service as a c onscientious objector\, then worked 37 years with several social service a gencies. He retired in 2000 following a serious heart attack and currently lives in Eugene\, Oregon close to his children and grandchildren.
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