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ALLISTER, WILLIAM - A Handful of Rice

Title: A Handful of Rice
Description: London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. Hardcover. Price clipped dust jacket shows some edge wear, short tears ; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Allister, a young Canadian soldier was captured by the Japanese at the end of the battle for Hong Kong in the hectic days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Christmas Day 1941. A group of soldiers was shipped to Japan in 1943 and used as slave labor, finally to be freed after the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

Keywords: Prisoner of War Malaya WWII Japan Militaria

Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 16026

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