Shipwrecked!
Subtitle: the true adventures of a Japanese boy
By: Rhoda Blumberg
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Relations; History
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 learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.