For anyone interested in recent Asian history, Photios has started a series on Japanese nationals who were kidnapped by the North Koreans and forced to train spies in Japanese language and culture. The title link is to the first entry in the series, posted March 5.
File under: Korea watch.
The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard
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Jim Kjelgaard was a prolific author of over forty novels for children and
young adults, mostly animal stories. His most famous and best-selling book
was Bi...
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1 comment:
Thanks!
(I don't suppose that I'm allowed to ask who that really is in the portrait you have bolstering your pseudonym? I'm just enough of a history buff to feel silly I can't put a name to him. At a guess, I should recognize the fellow?)
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