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
ISBN-13: 9780810989818
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.