BOOKS & CONVERSATIONS: "Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii" by Frances H. Kakugawa

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Conference/Presentation

Sep 201229
2:00p.m. - 4:00p.m.

Japanese American National Museum
100 N Central Ave
Los Angeles, California, 90012
United States


The stories of Kakugawa's life in the town of Kapho on the island of Hawai'i—a town that no longer exists. Throughout Kapoho, she weaves a tapestry of memories drawn from life in a Hawaiian plantation village now buried beneath a blanket of lava.

Free with Museum admission. Reservations recommended to rsvp@janm.org or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior.

www.janm.org

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JANM . Last modified Sep 25, 2012 6:35 p.m.


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