Title: Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama /
Authors: Preus, Margi.
Publisher: Amulet Books,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Nakahama, Manjirō, Juvenile fiction.; Nakahama, Manjirō, Fiction.; Whaling Fiction.; Adventure and adventurers Fiction; Samurai Fiction.; Japanese United States Juvenile fiction.; Japanese United States Fiction.; Japan Relations United States Fiction.; United States Relations Japan Fiction.; Japan Relations United States Juvenile fiction.; United States Relations Japan Juvenile fiction.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: Part one. The unknown - The storm - The samurai of bird island -- Part two. The barbarians - The John Howland - The hunt - Oil - Disappointment - Ship life - The invitation - Seven breaths - Dancer! - Thieves and murderers - Sailing away - Treasure - The hour of the dog -- Part three. The new world - New Bedford and Fairhaven - Samurai farm boy - Fitting in - School - Victory without fighting - The challenge - Fall down seven times - The race - Love - The May basket - The Cooper's -- Part four. Returning - The Franklin - Whistling up a wind - A moment - The sea turtle - Sailing close to the wind - The Harpooner - The whale - Tori - The daguerreotype - The gold fields -- Part five. Home - Between two worlds - Spies! - The Daimyo - Nagasaki - The road home - The samurai -- Epilogue -- Historical note -- Glossary -- Bibliography and suggested reading -- Acknowledgments.