Nichi Bei Review

Nichi Bei Review

“Important and untold” writes Professor Wayne Maeda of Sacramento State in the most recent review of Vanished to appear in the media.  It may be read in its entirety in the Nichi Bei Weekly published in San Francisco. And, soon, here.

“Vanished is a wonderful read, highly accessible, and adds another important chapter to the history of the Japanese in America," writes Dr. Maeda. "It is also a cautionary tale that Japanese Americans should be well aware of and McReynolds gets it right when he writes: ‘bad things happen when good people sit back.’ He, however, does identify some of the people who took the risk and supported the Japanese during… difficult times.”

But Professor Maeda, like all great teachers, is not one to give a top grade without critical comment. He takes the writer to task about documentation.

“Vanished is… a researcher’s nightmare,” he adds. “There are no footnotes or endnotes indicating where the information came from other than a general listing of sources...."

He's right. That could have been better.