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Manjiro, the man who discovered America.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks DS881.5.N3 K3
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaneko, Hisakazu.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898.
- Nakahama, Manjirō.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 149 pages illustrations 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1956.
- Summary:
- Life of a Japanese, rescued from shipwreck by an American whaler, who spent his youth in New England, returned to Japan, and was important in the opening of Japan to the Occident in the 19th century.
- Contents:
- A shipwreck
- On an island of albatross
- On a rescue ship
- to Fairhaven, Mass.
- An empty hope
- In the gold rush
- Homeward bound
- A happy landfall
- Home at last
- An era dawns
- A goodwill mission
- After years
- A reunion
- And after.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kaneko, Hisakazu. Manjiro, the man who discovered America.
- OCLC:
- 512452
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