Homer Lee's the Vermilion Pencil

In late 19 o eight, homerlee published his first book, a novel called the vermilion pencil. It was semi autobiographical, as far as t lot went. Involving a certain lieutenant general in the army in china. And the content homer wrote about was extremely devisive. He believed japan, ever since their shock victory over russia in 19 o five, for many reasons, was going to stop at nothing to create a pacific empire that not only included conquering east and southeast asia, but hawaii and the west coast of the united states as well. The whole thing fizzled in the end due to lack of funding from interested investors. But it would