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Onward towards our noble deaths / Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Jocelyne Allen.
Van Pelt Library PN6790.J33 M59914 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea--Comic books, strips, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Comic books, strips, etc--Japan--Translations into English.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Physical Description:
- 372 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First softcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2011.
- Summary:
- "[A] semi-autobiographical account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War Two. The soldiers are instructed that they must go into battle and die for the honor of their country, with certain execution facing them if they return alive" -- from publisher's web site.
- Notes:
- "With an introduction by Frederick L. Schodt" -- p. [4] of cover.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1770460411
- 9781770460416
- OCLC:
- 682894288
- Publisher Number:
- 99958407714
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