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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: Hiroshima bomb money : a novel based on true stories / by Terry Watada.

Names: Watada, Terry, 1951- author.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 2023057498X | Canadiana (ebook) 2023057503X | ISBN 9781774391006 (softcover) | ISBN 9781774391013 (EPUB)

Subjects: LCGFT: Historical fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PS8595.A79 H57 2024 | DDC C813/.54—dc23

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Editor for the Press: Sheila Pratt

Cover and interior design: Michel Vrana

Author Photo Credit: Tane Akamatsu

The Bomb Money Photograph: Tane Akamatsu

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