Review of \u3ci\u3eNikkei Farmer on the Nebraska Plains: A Memoir\u3c/i\u3e by Hisanori Kano

In 1916, with William Jennings Bryan as sponsor, Hisanori Kano left a life of nobility in Japan to study at Nebraska\u27s Ag College and live as a common farmer. Nikkei Farmer on the Nebraska Plains is his memoir, spanning from his birth in 1889 until 1976. Actually, this memoir provides very little information about farming. (Reverend Kano\u27s chosen title was Sixty Years of Life in America.) Kano did farm for several years in Litchfield, Nebraska. In 1925, however, he became a lay missionary for the Episcopal Church to serve the approximately seven hundred Japanese immigrants living across Nebraska. In this capacity he moved regularly to new areas, including Mitchell, Hebron, and North Platte. Kano\u27s story focuses on his efforts to give social and spiritual guidance to these Japanese communities, not on farming