The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America
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The impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told tale about a World War II internment camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary high school football team, for fans of "The Boys in the Boat" and "The Storm on Our Shores". In the summer of 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, and sent them to internment camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base of Heart Mountain. Behind barbed wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, they built Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits. They grew Chinese cabbage and daikon radishes, yet there was little hope. That is, until the fall of 1943, when the camp's high school football team, the Eagles, started its first season and finished it undefeated, crushing the competition from nearby predominantly white high schools. Amid all this excitement, American politics continued to disrupt their lives as the federal government drafted men from the camps for the front lines, including some of the Eagles. The young men faced a choice to either join the Army or resist the draft. Teammates were divided, and some were jailed for their decisions. Set during a complex political and cultural moment in America, "The Eagles of Heart Mountain" honors the resilience of unlikely heroes and the power of sports in a sweeping and inspirational portrait of one of the darkest moments in American history.

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The impeccably researched, deeply moving, never-before-told tale about a World War II internment camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary high school football team, for fans of "The Boys in the Boat" and "The Storm on Our Shores". In the summer of 1942, the United States government forced 120,000 Japanese Americans from their homes in California, Oregon, Washington, and Arizona, and sent them to internment camps across the West. Nearly 14,000 of them landed on the outskirts of Cody, Wyoming, at the base of Heart Mountain. Behind barbed wire fences, they faced racism, cruelty, and frozen winters. Trying to recreate comforts from home, they built Buddhist temples and sumo wrestling pits. They grew Chinese cabbage and daikon radishes, yet there was little hope. That is, until the fall of 1943, when the camp's high school football team, the Eagles, started its first season and finished it undefeated, crushing the competition from nearby predominantly white high schools. Amid all this excitement, American politics continued to disrupt their lives as the federal government drafted men from the camps for the front lines, including some of the Eagles. The young men faced a choice to either join the Army or resist the draft. Teammates were divided, and some were jailed for their decisions. Set during a complex political and cultural moment in America, "The Eagles of Heart Mountain" honors the resilience of unlikely heroes and the power of sports in a sweeping and inspirational portrait of one of the darkest moments in American history.
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Pearson, B., & Chin, F. (2021). The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America. Unabridged. Simon & Schuster Audio.

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Pearson, Bradford and Feodor, Chin. 2021. The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America. Simon & Schuster Audio.

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Pearson, Bradford and Feodor, Chin, The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2021.

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Pearson, Bradford, and Feodor Chin. The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America. Unabridged. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2021.

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