The Heart of a Samurai art-culture-photography Yonamine became a true national

Yonamine became a true national hero and a member of Japan’s Baseball Hall of Fame

“They just do what they are supposed to do

Stan’s diary serves as witness to a dark time in our history and is told through the eyes of a teenager who will soon be expected to take up the responsibility of a man

1920–1940 takes an in-depth look at this lost legacy

set in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II

The Heart of a Samurai art-culture-photography Yonamine became a true nationalBy Margi Preus. This is a novelization of the real life story of Manjiro, the first Japanese American. In 1841, a Japanese fishing vessel sinks. Its crew is forced to swim to a small, unknown island, where they are rescued by a passing American ship. Japan's borders remain closed to all Western nations, so the crew sets off to America, learning English on the way. Manjiro, a fourteen year old boy, is curious and eager to learn everything he can about