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This file contains the final draft of Plantation Boy.

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This file contains book proofs for Plantation Boy.

Scope and Contents This file has a wide assortment of documents from various works. There is a table of contents and some page proofs from Dying In A Strange Land. There are also old draft pages and stories that end up being referenced in All I Asking For Is My Body and Five Years On A Rock including "Obaban's Ghost," "Just Like Obaban," and "Teru Me." There are also old draft pages...

Scope and Contents This file contains various partial Dying In A Strange Land drafts on typewritten notebook paper. Some noteworthy features include typed copies of correspondence between Murayama siblings. Through this correspondence, one can gradually trace the evolution of Murayama referring to them by their real names to their fictional names. There are also partial dialogue scripts, written as though from a play, from Dying In A Strange...

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[Box: 5, Folder: 8] - [Box: 6, Folders: 1 -2] comprise the first complete draft of Dying In A Strange Land. It is vastly different than subsequent drafts. It is written and arranged differently than subsequent manuscripts. The next draft ("Manuscript #2") appears to be a complete overhaul of this draft.

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This file contains correspondence with an individual named Glenn Oshiro. Oshiro saw a relative's name in Plantation Boy and wrote to Murayama for more information. This initiated a correspondenceship between them that lasted several years.

Scope and Contents This file contains book reviews, correspondence, and event invites for Plantation Boy. The newspapers and periodicals represented in this file are: Hokubei Mainichi A. Magazine The Maui News The New Canadian The Honolulu Examiner UH Press The Nation Honolulu Star-Bulletin Library Journal The San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle This file has...