Title Attu boy : a young Alaskan's WWII memoir / Nick Golodoff

Published Fairbanks, AK : University of Alaska Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 100 pages) Contents List of Figures; Preface by Brenda Maly; Introduction; A Young Boy's Experience during World War II; Attu before the War; Prewar Fears and Clues about Japanese Invasion; The Japanese Invasion, June 7, 1942; Life as a Japanese POW; Return and Resettlement; Nick's Connection to Japan; Reflections on Life in Atka; Growing Up and Going to School; Left Behind by the Military; Working Life; Hunting, Fishing, and Wildlife; Atka Is Far Away from Anywhere Else; Learning from the Elders; Relatives from Attu; Commentary and First-Person Accounts; Attu before the War Prewar Fears and Clues about Japanese InvasionThe Japanese Invasion, June 7, 1942; Life as a Japanese POW; Return and Resettlement; Nick's Connection to Japan; Epilogue; Appendix: Attu Prehistory and History; Bibliography Summary In the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Alaskan villagers for two months and eventually corralling all survivors into a freighter bound for Japan. One of those survivors, Nick Golodoff, became a prisoner of war at just six years old. He was among the dozens of Unangan Attu residents swept away to Hokkaido, and one of only twenty-five to survive. Attu Boy tells Golodoff's story of these harrowing years as he found both friendship and cruelty at the hands of the Japanese. It offers a rare look at the lives of civilian prisoners and their captors in WWII-era Japan. It also tells of Golodoff's bittersweet return to a homeland torn apart by occupation and forced internments. Interwoven with other voices from Attu, this richly illustrated memoir is a testament to the struggles, triumphs, and heartbreak of lives disrupted by war Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject Golodoff, Nick. SUBJECT Golodoff, Nick, 1935- Golodoff, Nick fast Subject Attu, Battle of, Alaska, 1943 -- Personal narratives, American Prisoners of war -- United States. Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Shiritsu Otaru Bungakkan World War, 1939-1945 -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Manners and customs Prisoners of war SUBJECT Attu Island (Alaska) -- Biography Attu Island (Alaska) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018001878 Attu Island (Alaska) -- Social life and customs Subject Alaska Alaska -- Aleutian Islands Alaska -- Attu Island United States Genre/Form collective biographies. autobiographies (literary works) Personal narratives Autobiographies Biographies History Personal narratives Autobiographies. Biographies. Personal narratives. Autobiographies. Biographies. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781602232501 1602232504

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