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Yamashita’s Gold: War and Wealth
By Randy Salars
A documented look at the Yamashita's gold legend, Roger Roxas's alleged discovery, and the court cases that followed. It separates testimony and rulings from claims of a proven hidden hoard.
Revised Kindle edition coming soon. Planned U.S. Kindle list price: $9.99.
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Yamashita's gold links wartime history, a rumored hoard, a golden Buddha, and a Filipino treasure hunter's long court fight. What was alleged, what did witnesses say, and what did the courts actually decide?
Yamashita's Gold follows Tomoyuki Yamashita's trial, Roger Roxas's account, the Hawaiʻi decisions, and the later Golden Lily theory. Ten concise chapters distinguish a documented person or object from a proven wartime origin or hidden location.
A compelling guide to one of the twentieth century's most disputed treasure stories.
- Follow Yamashita's wartime history and Roger Roxas's account of a golden Buddha.
- Read what the Hawaiʻi court decisions addressed and what they did not establish.
- Separate the later Golden Lily theory from documented objects, testimony, and proven locations.
Explore a disputed treasure story with its evidence in plain sight.
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The revised edition covers these chapters and reader resources:
- 1. The Gold Story and Its Burden of Proof
- 2. The Philippines at War
- 3. Yamashita in the Record
- 4. How the Treasure Narrative Formed
- 5. Roger Roxas and the Alleged Find
- 6. What the Court Decided
- 7. A Map Is a Claim, Not a Location
- 8. Objects, Signals, and Missing Context
- 9. Who May Investigate, and Who Bears the Cost?
- 10. The Evidence Dossier
- After the Dossier
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