Shipwrecked!
Subtitle: the true adventures of a Japanese boy
By: Rhoda Blumberg.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Nakahama, Manjirō, -- 1827-1898 -- Juvenile literature; Japan -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
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.