# Our Land Was A Forest

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- Book: [Our Land Was A Forest](https://www.bookquiver.com/shigeru-kayano/our-land-was-a-forest) ([Our Land Was A Forest.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shigeru-kayano/our-land-was-a-forest.md))
- Authors: [Shigeru Kayano](https://www.bookquiver.com/shigeru-kayano), [Mark Selden](https://www.bookquiver.com/mark-selden)
- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 978-03-6731-712-6
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2019-08-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

This book is a beautiful and moving personal account of the Ainu, the native inhabitants of Hokkaido, Japan''s northern island, whose land, economy, and culture have been absorbed and destroyed in recent centuries by advancing Japanese. Based on the author''s own experiences and on stories passed down from generation to generation, the book chronicle