and a train ticket, and headed back to Los Angeles. With no work and no place to live, Estelle and Arthur lived in segregated trailer camps outside of Los Angeles. When the trailer camps were condemned by the Los Angeles Health Department in the Spring of 1948, Japanese American families moved into housing projects. Arthur took odd jobs at fish canneries, but was deeply depressed from the experience of incarceration. The couple lived in poverty for years following the end of the war. Estelle joined a Japanese American band to get back the feeling of community that she has in the internment camp. In 1948, as part of the Japanese American Evacuation Claims Act the Ishigos submitted a list of their lost property, totaling over $1,000. However, they were only granted $100 for their loses. The couple tried to petition for a higher settlement, but by 1956 they gave up and accepted the lowball settlement of $102.50. On August 19, 1957, Arthur Ishigo died of cancer at the age of 55. Following Arthur's death, Estelle took a job as a mimeograph operator to earn money. In 1983, documentary filmmakers and former Heart Mountain prisoners tracked down Estelle living in a basement apartment in Los Angeles. She had lost both of her legs to gangrene and was living on only $5 a week for food. She was quickly placed in a convalescent hospital in Hollywood. Estelle died on February 25, 1990, at the age of 90. Notable works Lone Heart Mountain The Heart Mountain High School Class of 1947 helped Ishigo republish her 1972 book Lone Heart Mountain with the help of the Hollywood chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). The memoir captures words and images of her incarceration. She wrote about the psychic power of Heart Mountain itself, "Imprisoned at the foot of the mountain, towering in its silence over the barren waste, we searched its gaunt face for the mystery of our destiny." Days of Waiting Days of Waiting (1990) was produced, written and directed by Steven Okazaki. When Okazaki met Ishigo she reportedly told him, "I've been waiting for someone to tell my story to, then I can die." She died shortly before it was released. The film notably won a Peabody Award and an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Legacy and collections In 1972, the California Historical Society opened Months of Waiting, an