Terminal Island: Lost Communities on America's Edge

Terminal Island tells the story of a small island in the Los Angeles harbor and the communities that called it home.

"The book offers a rich record of that community and more. As is true of just about everything in Los Angeles, peeling back the layers of a place leads to unexpected discoveries."--The Los Angeles Times

Terminal Island traces the history of a sheltered spot in the Pacific Ocean that once served as a resort for wealthy Southern California's landowners, as a refuge for its artists and writers and scientists, and eventually a community of Japanese families who made the island their own. This community was at the heart of one of Southern California's most important businesses: the fisheries. World War II devastated the community when the US government removed the entire population of Japanese and Japanese Americans and incarcerated them in camps. Terminal Island: Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor tells the story of this small place, the people who lived there, and the huge impact they had on the history of Los Angeles.

Author: Geraldine Knatz, Naomi Hirahara
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Angel City Press
Published: 03/19/2024
Pages: 288
Weight: 2.5lbs
Size: 9.13h x 9.21w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9781626401273