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Shipwrecked! : the true adventures of a Japanese boy / Rhoda Blumberg

Catalog Data

Author:
Blumberg, Rhoda  Search this
Subject:
Nakahama, Manjirō 1827-1898  Search this
Physical description:
80 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Juvenile literature
Place:
Japan
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
19th century
Notes:
KELL copy 39088012119160 gift of Dr. James Mead.
KELLMAI copy 39088012119160 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Adrienne M. Cadik on December 22, 2020.
Summary:
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.
Topic:
History  Search this
Relations  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_785179