Bibliograph

Rising from the ashes, a true story of survival and forgiveness from Hiroshima, Dr. Akiko Mikamo

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Rising from the ashes, a true story of survival and forgiveness from Hiroshima, Dr. Akiko Mikamo

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rising from the ashes

Responsibility statement

Dr. Akiko Mikamo

Sub title

a true story of survival and forgiveness from Hiroshima

Summary

This is a true and incredible story of a Japanese adolescent, Shinji Mikamo, who miraculously survived the first atomic bombing. He was on top of his house roof with nothing to shield him at only 1,200m from the epicenter in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. What made Shinji stand out from most of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or even of many other man-made disasters in our history, he never hated Americans as aggressors. He somehow saw things from a much bigger perspective even in the very strict Japanese military government's mind control of civilians during the war. As one of his three legacy-carrying daughters, Dr. Akiko Mikamo wrote his story to send out the messages of human love and power of forgiveness to remind the world our worst enemies of yesterday could become the best friends of tomorrow

Target audience

adult

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