Shizuka

Shizukatells Of Four Generations Of Japanese And Japanese-Americans And Their Lives Inthe Great Central Valley Of California.¿A Chance Meeting Between Martin A Middle-Aged Caucasian And Pat Ayoung Japanese-American Woman Who Knows Little About The Life Of Her Pioneerancestors Leads By Mutual Impulse Into The Wilderness Of The Sierra Nevadas To A Greatly Revered But Little-Known Century-Oldgathering Place For Early Japanese Settlers Pat'S Ancestors.¿ This Is Shizuka.Austere And Imposing Shizuka (Aplace Of Tranquility) Comes To Life With The Discovery Of Diaries Written Injapanese And Dating From The 1890S.¿ Theydescribe A Tight Knit Dynamic Family With Close Ties To Early Yankee Andmexican Settlers Yet The Cryptic Entries Can Do No More Than Whet Theimagination.¿ It Is Only The Unfolding Story Ofkazuo Kono The Family'S Patriarch That Tells The True Tale Of Shizuka And Ofthose Who Built It Against Great Odds And Were Able From Time To Time To Findtranquility There.¿ Kazuo'S Origins Inmeiji Restoration Japan His Immigration Eastward To AmericaHis Establishing A Family With Motome His Brilliant And Passionate Wife Andhis Agriculturally Important Contributions To His Adopted Country Give Warmthand Texture To A Virtually Forgotten Era And Its Obscure Heroes.