text Heart of fire : an immigrant daughter's story
- Summary
- "Mazie Hirono is one of the most fiercely outspoken Democrats in Congress, but her journey to the U.S. Senate was far from likely. Raised poor on her family's rice farm in rural Japan, Hirono was seven years old when her mother left her abusive hu... Read more
- Contents
- Necessary fire -- Good girl -- Tari and Chieko -- On Kewalo Street -- Star spangled -- The flower farm -- Kaimuki Town -- Revelations -- Tinderbox -- Waiminalo -- Rich man's war -- Betty Friedan and me -- Young Democrats -- The quiet fisherman -- ... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xvi, 397 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2021
Library | Location | Status |
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Kingsley Branch Library | 921 HIR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Woodmere (Main Branch) | 921 HIRONO, MAZIE HIR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Peninsula Community Library | B HIRONO HIR in Adult | Available |
Library | Location | Status |
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TADL-KBL | 921 HIR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
TADL-WOOD | 921 HIRONO, MAZIE HIR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
TADL-PCL | B HIRONO HIR in Adult | Available |
Hirono, Mazie 1947-
United States. Congress. Senate Biography
United States. Congress. House Biography
Japanese American women Hawaii Biography
Lieutenant governors Hawaii Biography
Legislators Hawaii Biography
Women legislators Hawaii Biography
Legislators United States Biography
Women legislators United States Biography
United States Politics and government 1989-
Hawaii Politics and government 1959-
United States. Congress. House.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Japanese American women
Legislators
Politics and government
Women legislators
Hawaii
United States