Details the true story of Nakahama Manjiro, a young Japanese boy who in 1841 was shipwrecked along with three friends and rescued by the captain of an American whaling ship.
year: 2008
call number/section: 920, 921, 1000
subjects: nakahama, manjir?, 1827-1898, juvenile literature, castaways, japan, juvenile literature, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, biography, japan, relations, united states, juvenile literature, united states, japan, foreign relations