Heart of a Samurai : a Novel Inspired by a True Adventure on the High Seas
Book on CD - 2010 Y BOCD Fiction / Preus, Margi, Kids BOCD / Fiction / Action & Adventure / Preus, Margi 2 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Read by James Yaegashi.
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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PUBLISHED
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2011, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 5 sound discs (6 hrs., 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781456136130
1456136135
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Yaegashi, James.
SUBJECTS
Nakahama, Manjirō, -- 1827-1898 -- Fiction.
Whaling -- Fiction.
Samurai -- Fiction.
Japanese -- United States -- Fiction.
Japan -- Relations -- United States -- Fiction.
United States -- Relations -- Japan -- Fiction.