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Shipwrecks / [electronic resource] Akira Yoshimura ; translated from the Japanese by Mark Ealey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publication details: New York : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: 180 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0151002118
  • 9780151002115
  • 0151001944
  • 9780151001941
Uniform titles:
  • Hasen. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Shipwrecks.DDC classification:
  • 895.6/35 20
LOC classification:
  • PL865.O72 H3313 1996
Online resources: Summary: In a medieval Japanese village starving fishermen use fires to lure passing merchant ships toward their shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, they slaughter the crew and loot the cargo. One day a ship founders, but instead of booty the cargo turns out to be smallpox.
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In a medieval Japanese village starving fishermen use fires to lure passing merchant ships toward their shore and onto rocky shoals. When a ship runs aground, they slaughter the crew and loot the cargo. One day a ship founders, but instead of booty the cargo turns out to be smallpox.

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