Title: SHIPWRECKED! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy
Description: Any person who leaves the country to go to another and later returns will be put to death. This was the law in Japan in the early 1800s. When fourteen-year old Manjiro, working on a fishing boat to help support his family, was shipwrecked three hundred miles away from his homeland, he was heartbroken to think that he would never again be able to go home. So when an American whaling boat rescued him, Manjiro decided to do what no other Japanese person had ever done: He went to America, where he received an education and took part in events that eventually made him a hero in the Land of the Rising Sun.
By: Rhoda Blumberg
Genre: Juvenile Literature - Japan - History
Cover: Softcover
Publisher & Date: HarperCollins - 2001
Approximate Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 11” - 80 pages
Condition: Very Good+. There is a dedication written inside the front of the book.
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