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Shipwrecked! : the true adventures of a Japanese boy / Rhoda Blumberg. - SHERLOC
Shipwrecked! : the true adventures of a Japanese boy / Rhoda Blumberg.
Imprint:
New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0688174841
0060293659 (library)
068817485X (pbk.)
Call number:
jB Nakahama, Manjirō BLU
Physical description:
80 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Subject:
Juvenile literature.
Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898.
Japan -- History -- 19th century.
Japan -- Relations -- United States.
United States -- Relations -- Japan.
Note:
Young Hoosier Book Award, 2004-2005, 6-8 Nominee.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79).
Summary note:
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 learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.