{"product_id":"9784990617202","title":"More Than a Baseball Team: The Saga of the Vancouver Asahi","description":"This book is an adaptation of a Japanese language non-fiction work about\u003cp\u003eCanada’s first Japanese-Canadian championship baseball team, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVancouver Asahi, active from 1914 to 1941 (Toho Shobo, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of the Vancouver Asahi is also a history of the Japanese-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCanadian immigrant experience. The team was a part of the growth of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Tokyo in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Asahi dynasty was abruptly brought to a halt when the players,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealong with the rest of the Japanese community, were relocated to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einternment camps after Pearl Harbor. Team members, though separated,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill played baseball by organizing teams in the camps. Eventually, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMounties, who were the camp guards, became fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the war, Japanese-Canadians were prevented from returning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto their homes on the west coast, and given a choice of living on the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeast coast of Canada or being deported to Japan. Though the team never\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erevived, they were honored belatedly by induction into the Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaseball Hall of Fame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Asahi is one of hope and perseverance in the face of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadversity and racial prejudice. It is a story about young men playing for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe love of the game, instilling pride not just in their community, but in all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Canada as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Media Tectonics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041769930992,"sku":"9784990617202","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9784990617202_p0.jpg?v=1763715142","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9784990617202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}