Heart of a samurai /
Preus, Margi.
Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus. - New York : Amulet Books, 2010. - 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"Based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
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.
9780810989818 (alk. paper) 0810989816 (alk. paper)
2009051634
Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.
Japanese--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--Relations--United States--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Relations--Japan--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P92434 / He 2010
[Fic]
Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus. - New York : Amulet Books, 2010. - 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"Based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
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.
9780810989818 (alk. paper) 0810989816 (alk. paper)
2009051634
Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.
Japanese--United States--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--Relations--United States--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Relations--Japan--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7.P92434 / He 2010
[Fic]