LEADER 03271cam a2200469Mi 4500001 291508 005 20240622101023.0 008 140606t20142014ne ab b 000 d eng d 019 1156748922 020 9789462095861 020 9462095868 020 946209585X |q(paperback) 020 9789462095854 |q(paperback) 020 |z9789462095878 |q(e-book) 020 |z9462095876 |q(e-book) 035 (OCoLC)on1226332601 035 291508 043 n-us--- 049 LHMA 040 AEMHB |beng |erda |cAEMHB |dOCLCO |dOCLCA |dYDX |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 4 PS3619.I5623 |bH43 2014 100 1 Simon, Lojo, |eauthor. 245 10 Heartland : |ba historical drama about the internment of German-Americans in the United States during World War II / |cby Lojo Simon and Anita Simons. 264 1 Rotterdam : |bSense Publishers, |c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 xv, 132 pages : |billustrations, map ; |c25 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 336 still image |bsti |2rdacontent 336 cartographic image |bcri |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Social fictions series ; |v9 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132). 520 8 "During World War II, the US government confined thousands of Japanese-, German- and Italian-Americans to isolated, fenced and guarded relocation centers known as internment camps. At the same time, it shipped foreign Prisoners of War captured overseas to the US for imprisonment. This book reflects on the intersection between these two historic events through the story of a German-born widow and her family who take in two German Prisoners of War to work their family farm. But the German-American family and the POWs bond too well for the townspeople to accept, and the widow is arrested, interned and eventually suffers a breakdown, which tears her family apart. Based on true stories, Heartland illustrates what can happen when fear and prejudice pit neighbor against neighbor in times of war. A dramatic tale that grants insights into American history, Heartland is a winner of the Dayton Playhouse FutureFest and a runner-up for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award. "The story is shocking; for me it was revelatory," wrote theatre critic Pat Launer. "Deporting our own citizens? Who knew? But the play, while conveying historical information, is not in the slightest didactic. It's a family story, a tale of survival and acquiescence, of racism, of neighbor against neighbor. Not a pretty picture ... " While it may be read for pleasure, this book also is a useful tool for exposing students to important lessons in history, politics, economics, sociology, psychology, women's studies and other academic disciplines"--Page 4 of cover. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 German Americans |xForced removal and internment, 1941-1948 |vDrama. 648 7 1941-1948 |2fast 655 7 Drama. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423879 655 7 Drama. |2lcgft 700 1 Simons, Anita, |eauthor. 830 0 Social fictions series ; |vv. 9. 852 0 |bscstacks |hPS3619.I5623 |iH43 2014