@article{346633, author = {Preus, Margi.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/346633}, title = {Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Manjiro Nakahama /}, publisher = {Amulet Books,}, abstract = {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, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.}, recid = {346633}, pages = {301 p. :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2010}, }