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Slaves of the Samurai : An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese
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war literature
Slaves of the Samurai : An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese
single work
war literature
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1946
Slaves of the Samurai : An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese
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Author's note: The Samurai were the military retainers of the daimios (barons) under the old feudal system in Japan. The name is now used to denote members of a military caste, or army officers in Japan.
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Dedication: Dedicated to My Comrades - who still live and will live even though they are not alive.
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During the years he spent in POW camps in Changi, Formosa (Taiwan) and Manchuria, Kent Hughes wrote this long narrative poem of 31 cantos, on odd scraps of concealed paper.
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Four Records of War
1947
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— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , April vol. 1 no. 10 1947; (p. 448-49)
— Review of Slaves of the Samurai : An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese 1946 single work poetry ; Twice Their Prisoners 1946 single work autobiography ; Pacific Sunset 1946 single work autobiography ; Darwin Drama 1947 single work autobiography
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Four Records of War
1947
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australasian Book News and Library Journal , April vol. 1 no. 10 1947; (p. 448-49)
— Review of Slaves of the Samurai : An Australian Odyssey, Which Gives an Account of the Life and Thoughts of a Slave of the Samurai, during His Three Years and Seven Months as a Prisoner of War in the Hands of the Japanese 1946 single work poetry ; Twice Their Prisoners 1946 single work autobiography ; Pacific Sunset 1946 single work autobiography ; Darwin Drama 1947 single work autobiography
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