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Author:
Preus, Margi.
Title:
Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama / Margi Preus.
Publisher:
Amulet Books,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
301 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Nakahama, Manjirō,--1827-1898.
Whaling--Fiction.
Adventure and adventurers--Fiction.
Samurai--Fiction.
Japanese--Fiction.
Notes:
Subtitle on first printing: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro. Includes sneak peek at: Shadow on the mountain. Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301).
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.
ISBN:
1419702009 (pbk)
9781419702006 (pbk)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)754718052
Locations:
ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)
LASX353 -- CAL Community School District Library (Latimer)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)
GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

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