Shipwrecks:

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yoshimura, Akira 1927-2006 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: New York [u.a.] Harcourt Brace 1996
Edition:1. ed.
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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.
Physical Description:180 S.
ISBN:0151002118

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