5 audio discs (6 hr., 25 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note
Compact disc.
Performer
Read by James Yacgashi.
Summary
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.