Born in the year of courage /
Crofford, Emily.
Born in the year of courage / by Emily Crofford. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1991. - 160 p. ; 23 cm.
In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.
0876146795 : $14.95 9780876146798 1575054248 (pbk.) : $7.95 9781575054247 (pbk.)
91010883
Nakahama, ManjirÅ, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--Juvenile fiction.
Whaling--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--History--1787-1868--Juvenile fiction.
Born in the year of courage / by Emily Crofford. - Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1991. - 160 p. ; 23 cm.
In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade between his country and the West.
0876146795 : $14.95 9780876146798 1575054248 (pbk.) : $7.95 9781575054247 (pbk.)
91010883
Nakahama, ManjirÅ, 1827-1898 --Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks--Juvenile fiction.
Whaling--Juvenile fiction.
Japan--History--1787-1868--Juvenile fiction.