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Heart of a samurai based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama /

"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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Main Author: Preus, Margi.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Amulet Books, 2010.
Physical Description: 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
Nakahama, Manjirō, -- 1827-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
Nakahama, Manjirō, -- 1827-1898 -- Fiction.
Japanese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Japanese -- United States -- Fiction.
Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Juvenile fiction.
Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- Fiction.

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