Tokyo Rose – Zero Hour: A Japanese American Woman's Persecution and Ultimate Redemption After World War II

"This dynamic graphic novel rehabilitates one of the most notorious personalities of World War II: the radio broadcaster known as Tokyo Rose, the “Siren of the Pacific.” Her real name was Iva Toguri, and she was a Japanese American who wound up in Tokyo after visiting relatives there just before Pearl Harbor. Andre Frattino tells Toguri’s story of unwillingly adopting the Tokyo Rose identity, being demonized after her return to the U.S., and spending six years in prison before being pardoned in 1977. Kate Kasenow’s black-and-white drawings are energetic and expressive. This extensively researched biography is as thought-provoking as it is absorbing."