* raises to prominence the role of a non-White from the West in the opening of Japan * forthcoming Tom Cruise movie The Last Samurai will bring westernization of Japan into popular media * extensive primary research corrects wrong information about MacDonald previously published * touches on Indian life and education in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1800s * an engagingly good story, solid popular history about a pivotal event in Japan-US history * the arena of early Japan-US relations is a popular subject for manga and anime
- ISBN10 1322369992
- ISBN13 9781322369990
- Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 1 May 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Stone Bridge Press
- Format eBook
- Language English