Shipwrecked!

The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy

• Author(s): Rhoda Blumberg,
• Publisher: Turtleback
• Pages: 80
• ISBN_10: 0613614585
  ISBN_13: 9780613614580
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction / Adventure & Adventurers , Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional , Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / Asian American & Pacific Islander , Juvenile Nonfiction / History / General , Juvenile Nonfiction / History / Asia , Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Topics / Emigration & Immigration ,

Description:... For use in schools and libraries only. In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, 14-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.