Shipwrecked! : the true adventures of a Japanese boy / Rhoda Blumberg.
2003
CMC DS881.5.N3 B58 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Shipwrecked! : the true adventures of a Japanese boy / Rhoda Blumberg.
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ISBN
068817485X (pbk.)
Publication Details
[New York] : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2003.
Language
English
Description
80 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Call Number
CMC DS881.5.N3 B58 2003
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.
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"HarperTrophy"--P. [4] of cover.
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