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Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama

Title
Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama / Margi Preus.
Author
Preus, Margi.
Publication
New York : Amulet Books, 2010.
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  • Publisher description

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Description
301 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
Subject
  • Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 > Juvenile fiction
  • Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 > Fiction
  • Japanese > United States > Fiction
  • Japan > Relations > United States > Fiction
  • United States > Relations > Japan > Fiction
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
Call Number
JFD 11-1174
ISBN
  • 9780810989818
  • 0810989816
LCCN
2009051634
OCLC
YBP 2009051634
Author
Preus, Margi.
Title
Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama / Margi Preus.
Imprint
New York : Amulet Books, 2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
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Publisher description
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JFD 11-1174
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