The Great Wave
Subtitle: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: August 10, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780375754555
First sentence: Imagine the following scenario. Two fatherless boys on opposite sides of the earth take to the sea within days of each other, in search of adventure and a livelihood.