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Locusts and Loyalty in a Japanese American Conquest Tale
The serialized story introduces a Japan led takeover in the Columbia Basin after 1945. Uren Takahira, son of the district boss, boasts of driving out white settlers as Jim Hammond and Carlson families face threats, legal trouble, and a looming trial amid accusations of a staged assault.
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Japan
United States
Columbia Basin
Inland Empire
John Hammond
Carlson
Jack Carlson
Hammond
Mary Hammond
Jack
Mary
Neppel
Gren Takantra
Takahira
Te Imme
Daugh
Pom Jenkins
Hammonds
Uren Takahira
Jenkins
Mack
Takashira
America
Kiri
Ais Country
Columbie Basin
Abraham
God
Thig
Alec
Carlsons
Aren
Young Carlson
Tanaka
Becaune
Jen
Carison
Mke
Uren