Letters from the End of the World: A Firsthand Account of the Bombing of Hiroshima

Toyofumi Ogura (text); Kisaburo Murakami & Shigeru Fujii (translation)

ISBN 10: 477002147X / ISBN 13: 9784770021472

Published by Tokyo: Kodansha IInternational, 1997

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Small octavo. B&W photos. Condition: very slight rubbing to rear panel of DJ; else fine in near fine DJ. 194 pages.

Seller Inventory # 9471A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letters from the End of the World: A Firsthand Account of the Bombing of Hiroshima
• Publisher: Tokyo: Kodansha IInternational
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 477002147X
• ISBN 13: 9784770021472
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

English (translation)Original Japanese

About the Author

TOYOFUMI OGURA was born in 1899 in Chiba Prefecture. He taught history at Hiroshima University for nearly twenty years, from 1945 through his mandatory retirement in 1963, and was then appointed an honorary professor. His books include critical works on the well-known poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa and a study of folk belief in the ancient historical figure Prince Shotoku. He died in 1996.