Finding Solace in the Soil, Gardens and Gardeners of the Amache Japanese American Prison Camp

Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden · Jul 8, 2021 · 1h 2m

Bonnie J Clark is a professor of anthropology at the University of Denver. Her new book "Finding Solace in the Soil, Archaeology of Gardens and Gardeners at Amache" (University Press of Colorado, 2020) traces six field seasons of her research and immersion into the lives of Japanese Americans held at the Amache prison camp, which was active on the high plains of Colorado from 1942 to 1945. With Amache already designated a National Historic Landmark, and with bills before both the US House of Representatives and the Senate to make Amache a part of the National Park Service, Bonnie joins…