Title: Heart of a samurai
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.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Japanese, Relations, Fiction, 1940, 1941, War, Novel, Spies, Nazi Germany
Places: United States, Japan
People: Manjirō Nakahama (1827-1898)