The Tree Trunk Can Be My Pillow The Biography of an Outstanding Japanese Canadian

This book is a son's tribute to his father, delivered to readers after the death of both. As Jack Kagetsu laboured for a decade on his manuscript, travelling to archives, combing newspaper articles, and organizing his findings as well as his memories into writing, he must have felt that he was...

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Main Author: Kagetsu, Tadashi Jack
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Victoria Libraries 2017
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