Books by Mary Farrell

ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Farrell has carved out a space in nonfiction with engaging looks at little-known aspects of women¿s history. She¿s the author of Standing Up Against Hate, Fannie Never Flinched (three starred reviews!), and Pure Grit, which have all been well-received.WOMEN¿S HISTORY: This book highlights an incredible, empowering figure whose legacy deserves more widespread recognition. Leroy was the only woman photojournalist in Vietnam during her years there (though there were several women reporters at that time as well as women photographers who came after her).ART AND ACTIVISM: Using her photographs to reveal the terrible realities and human cost of war¿on both sides¿Leroy offers a unique, vital perspective on the Vietnam War that changed the way some people thought about the conflict.PROFILE IN COURAGE: Leroy¿s incredible story of bravery, resilience, conviction, and compassion makes her an inspiring role model for kids.JOURNALISM ANGLE: The Human Face of War is a reminder of the power and importance of journalism. During her three years in Vietnam (1966¿1969), Leroy was one of the few woman photographers covering a war that would kill more than 70 journalists.PHOTOS THROUGHOUT: Profusely illustrated with some of Leroy¿s most powerful photos, which brought viewers into the war and showed its human side.WELL-RESEARCHED: To write this book, Farrell interviewed military personal and journalists who covered the Vietnam War.POWERFUL FOREWORD: Written by Peter Arnot, who won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting for his work in Vietnam.

Confinement and Ethnicity documents in unprecedented detail the various facilities in which persons of Japanese descent living in the western United States were confined during World War II: the fifteen assembly centers run by the U.S. Armys Wartime Civil Control Administration, the ten relocation centers created by the War Relocation Authority, and the internment camps, penitentiaries, and other sites under the jurisdiction of the Justice and War Departments. Originally published as a report of the Western Archeological and Conservation Center of the National Park Service, it is now reissued in a corrected edition, with a new Foreword by Tetsuden Kashima, associate professor of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington.Based on archival research, field visits, and interviews with former residents, Confinement and Ethnicity provides an overview of the architectural remnants, archeological features, and artifacts remaining at the various sites. Included are numerous maps, diagrams, charts, and photographs. Historic images of the sites and their inhabitants -- including several by Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams -- are combined with photographs of present-day settings, showing concrete foundations, fence posts, inmate-constructed drainage ditches, and foundations and parts of buildings, as well as inscriptions in Japanese and English written or scratched on walls and rocks. The result is a unique and poignant treasure house of information for former residents and their descendants, for Asian American and World War II historians, and for anyone interested in the facts about what the authors call these sites of shame.