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Commander Yang's young pioneers (p. 8)
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| Title | Commander Yang's young pioneers (p. 8) |
| Author | Guo, Xu, 1927-1968. |
| Publisher | Foreign Languages Press
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| Publisher Location | China -- Peking |
| Publication Date | 1965 |
| Illustrator | Fan, Yixin
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| Notes | Printed in the introduction: This picture-story book deals with an episode in the War of Resistance Against Japan. It describes how a group of Young Pioneers composed of Chinese and Korean children, like their fathers and elder brothers, waged a courageous, relentless struggle against the enemy during the occupation of northeastern China by the Japanese imperialists. These young boys and girls belonged to a guerilla unit operating under the command of the Anti-Japanese Amalgamated Armies of the Northeast, led by the Chinese Communist Party. Printed in the People's Republic of China. Distributed by Guozi Shudian (China Publications Centre).
Fourth edition.
Translation of "Yang si ling de shao xian dui."
This story follows a young Korean girl whose guerilla father is killed by the Japanese, and who decides to fight with the guerilla army to revenge her father's death.
This page depicts two Japanese men pasting a poster to a tree. In the background, another Japanese man sets fire to a Chinese village while the inhabitants leave with their belongings. Printed at the bottom of the page: In 1939 the Japanese got together 80, 000 men. They wanted to cut the Anti-Japanese Amalgamated Armies' ties with the people. They set fire to the smaller villages and herded the inhabitants together in townlets. |
| Contextual Notes | The Foreign Languages Press (FLP) was established in 1952 and specialized in editing, translating and publishing foreign-language books for readers abroad. Theses included political works, works by modern and contemporary writers and children's books. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 -- Juvenile literature
Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 -- Pictorial works |
| Category | Political works
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0169 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PL2875.O16 C6 1965 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [2], 88 p.: illustrated; 18.5 x 13 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist A19 |
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