An edition of Heart of a samurai (2010)
Heart of a samurai
based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro
By Margi Preus
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Publish Date
2010
Publisher
Amulet Books
Language
eng
Pages
-
Description:
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.
subjects: Juvenile fiction, Japanese, Relations, Fiction, 1940, 1941, War, Novel, Spies, Nazi Germany
People: Manjirō Nakahama (1827-1898)
Places: United States, Japan