CANNON BOOKS PRESENTS: Samurai, Lovers, Ghosts -- Selected stories from the works of A. B. Mitford and Lafcadio Hearn. Edited by Ron D'Alena. Discover ancient adventures and ghost stories that blend folklore and history during feudal Japan-an era of daimyo factions, wandering priests, revenge, and the SAMURAI, with their challenges of living and dying through Honor, Loyalty, Bravery, Discipline, Tradition and the Sword. A. B. MITFORD (1837 - 1916) SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Tales of Old Japan" The Forty-Seven Rônins, The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki, Kazuma's Revenge, A Story of the Otokodaté of Yedo, The Wonderful Adventures of Funakoshi Jiuyémon, The Eta Maiden and the Hatamoto The Ghost of Sakura. LAFCADIO HEARN (1850 - 1904) SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things" The Story of Mimi-Nashi Hoichi, Rokuro-Kubi, Jikininki, The Story of Aoyagi, Diplomacy. SELECTED STORIES FROM: "Shadowings" The Screen-Maiden, The Gratitude of the Samébito, The Reconciliation.