Heart of a samurai
Subtitle: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro
By: by Margi Preus.
Publisher: Amulet Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780810989818
Subjects: 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
Genres: Juvenile fiction; Fiction
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.