Heart of a samurai based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama Margi Preus
Material type: TextPublication details: New York Amulet Books 2012Description: 301 p. illISBN:- 9781419702006
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Subtitle on first printing: based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro.
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.
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