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Preus, Margi

Heart of a samurai / Margi Preus. - 301 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

"Based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301).

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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ISBN: 9780810989818 0810989816 9781419702006

LCCN: 2009051634

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nakahama, Manjir�o, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Japanese--United States--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Relations--United States--Juvenile fiction.
United States--Relations--Japan--Juvenile fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P92434 / He 2010

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]