01337cam a2200313 i 4500 200996011 TxAuBib 20150116120000.0 100115s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009051634 9780810989818 0810989816 TxAuBib rda Preus, Margi. Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro / Margi Preus. New York : Amulet Books, 2010. 301 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-301.) 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. 20150116. PromptCat. Nakahama, Manjiro, 1827-1898 Juvenile fiction. Japanese United States Juvenile fiction. Japan Relations United States Juvenile fiction. United States Relations Japan Juvenile fiction.