From the Foreword by David McCann: "... Bishop McKendree's gathering of songs and poems from the Japanese prisoner of war camps of World War II is a remarkable outcome to a brutal experience....The materials were elusive in their circulation among the prisoners, dangerous to those who composed or performed them, and certainly would have been fatal to McKendree, had he been caught with them....These songs and poems will also tell the reader something of what their authors, composers, singers-and scribe-lived through. We can ...
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From the Foreword by David McCann: "... Bishop McKendree's gathering of songs and poems from the Japanese prisoner of war camps of World War II is a remarkable outcome to a brutal experience....The materials were elusive in their circulation among the prisoners, dangerous to those who composed or performed them, and certainly would have been fatal to McKendree, had he been caught with them....These songs and poems will also tell the reader something of what their authors, composers, singers-and scribe-lived through. We can sense, but dimly, certain of the details of the physical environment, the personalities of the prisoners and of the guards, and the events which brought them together. These songs and poems will summon forth, for those who were there, a sense of common purpose and experience, of shared hope and despair, defeat and accomplishment; for other readers-and my earnest wish is to have this book find its way to Japanese readers, too-a sense of honor, compassion and respect."
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Add this copy of Barbed Wire & Rice: Poems & Songs From Japanese to cart. $15.50, very good condition, Sold by 3rd St. Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lees Summit, MO, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Cornell Univ East Asia Program.
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Of Course I love this book, it was written by my uncle. He collected these poems from fellow soldiers, written on any scrap of paper that they could find, He copied them on to paper from a cement sack he found and made into a book. He carried this book with him through horrible years as a P.O.W. They survived on one rice ball a day..Grandma never gave up that he would come home, eventhough he was reported missing in action for years. His prison camp was one of the last ones to be liberated..He was not bitter , and was a wonderful person.His autobiography is included...It is so worth the reading. The original little cement sack book, is in a museum in Austin Texas today...
