Born in the year of courage
By: by Emily Crofford.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.; Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898 -- Fiction.; Shipwrecks -- Fiction.; Whaling -- Fiction.; Japan -- History -- 1787-1868 -- Fiction.
Description: In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.