Virtual Author Program: Shirley Ann Higuchi, author of Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration

Virtual Author Program: Setsuko’s Secret, by Shirley Ann Higuchi, in conversation Doug Nelson

Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021Time: 7pm EDTLocation: Virtual - Zoom – register onlineAs children, Shirley Ann Higuchi and her brothers knew Heart Mountain only as the place their parents met, imagining it as a great Stardust Ballroom in rural Wyoming. As they grew older, they would come to recognize the name as a source of great sadness and shame for their older family members, part of the generation of Japanese Americans forced into the hastily built concentration camp. In Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration Higuchi unlocks the long-held family secret that her parents were among those incarcerated at Heart Mountain. The Carter Presidential Library and the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center host author Shirley Ann Higuchi in conversation with Doug Nelson, Vice Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation. The online program is free and open to the public. Registration required