Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston Farewell to Manzanar (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1973) Jeanne (Toyo) Wakatsuki Houston was born September 26, 1934 in Inglewood California. She is the daughter of first and second-generation Japanese American parents. Her father Ko, a fisherman, was born in Hiroshima while her mother Riku was born in Hawaii. Jeanne and her family were detained at ...