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Adios to Tears: The Memoirs of a Japanese-Peruvian Internee in U.S. Concentration Camps (1st Edition) by Seiichi Higashide, C. Harvey Gardiner (Foreword), Julie Small (Epilogue), Elsa H. Kudo (Preface) Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-295-97914-3 / 0295979143 ISBN-13: 978-0-295-97914-4 / 9780295979144 Adios to Tears is the very personal story of Seiichi Higashide (1909-97), whose life in three countries was shaped by a bizarre and little-known episode in the history of World War II. Born in Hokkaido, Higashide emigrated to Peru in 1931. By the late 1930s he was a shopkeeper and community leader i |