WWII Tale of Innocents Sacrificed for Fanatical Ideals, Midori, Published by Outskirts Press

Feb. 3, 2011 - PRLog -- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Midori and the 1000 Stitch Belt by Dr. C. Thomas Somma.  The author's most recent book to date is a 5.5 x 8.5 paperback in the World War II military history category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/midori was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.

Midori is a Japanese midwife wedded to a General in the Imperial Japanese Army who is responsible for the barbarous assault on China in 1937.  This is the story of her valiant efforts to save the lives of her three sons, who are all caught up in the war, and to keep their names from being embroidered on their families’ Thousand Stitch Belt.  The belt contains over five centuries of her husband’s lineage of deceased warriors who gave their lives for an Imperialistic ideal.

It is a tale of senseless suicide by mere children, caught up in the fanaticism of the times, who willingly sacrificed themselves for the glory of their Emperor.  Her tale is rich in Samuri history and the Shinto gods that fostered the fanaticism and barbarism of the Pacific war.  The story traverses the civilian horrors of Nanking, Iwo Jima and the Okinawan invasion as well as the Kamikaze attacks of the Shinya torpedo boats -- the Kaiten single-manned human torpedo submarines and the youth who piloted the Ohkas and served as human bombs dropped from the bombers’ bellies.

The horrors of Unit 731, the Japanese human experimentation camp in Manchuria, and the terrible secrets it held are exposed as the saga moves to the grim finale at Hiroshima.  While this is a fictional account of a woman’s attempt to deliver and protect life in her medical role throughout the Pacific war, the book remains true to all of the major historical events of the Pacific theatre of World War II.

212 pages in length, Midori and the 1000 Stitch Belt is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the World War II military history category.  With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Midori meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $14.95.

Additionally, Midori can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.

ISBN: 9781432762575   Format: 5.5 x 8.5 paperback cream   SRP: $14.95

For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/midori.

About the author:

Dr. C. Thomas has served as a Professor of Medical Technology for over 33 years at Old Dominion University.  This novel resonates with his deep commitment to exposing the hidden horrors of the Imperialistic Japanese Army in their brutal actions against a mostly civilian population during World War II.  Researched for over six years with documents provided by the “Alliance for the Preservation of the History of World War II in Asia,” this story elaborates the human experiments of Unit 731, the horrors of the invasion of China, and the Pacific Island wars.  This book stands as a fitting testimony and memorial to the countless unknown innocent dead who, much like today, all were sacrificed in the name of a distorted fanatical religious ideal.

About Outskirts Press, Inc.

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