Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald MacDonald and the Opening of Japan

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Stone Bridge Press, Inc., May 1, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 448 pages
A wide-ranging, readable account of an eccentric and exceptional man who crossed cultures and changed history.

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Contents

A Fateful NonMeeting at Fort Vancouver
51
Education at Red River
81
A Trial in Business at St Thomas
111
Sag Harbors Japan Connection
140
A Staging Ground in the Hawaiian Islands
157
Front page of The Friend showing the Seamens Chapel in Honolulu
178
The Adventure Begins
185
A Man and Woman of Volcano Bay Ainu as viewed by Europeans ca 1804
198
Daihian floor plan
276
Part of a page of MacDonalds vocabulary list
289
Leaving Nagasaki
294
U S S Preble 183963
307
Conference Room at Yokohama Kanagawa Japan March 1854
321
Creation of the Narrative
323
The Rampant Raft
340
The MacDonald Legacy
353

On Japans Northern Frontier
210
Sōya monument to The Most Northern Point in Japan
212
Advertisement for Georg Langsdorffs book September 19 1848
229
Under Control of the Matsumae Domain
231
Sketch of imprisoned Lawrence crewman George Howe
245
Arrival in Nagasaki
254
Scene in a typical magistrates office in Matsumae
258
Teaching English and Learning Japanese
273
Toroda gravesite ceremony 1994
355
Appendix ADeposition of Ranald MacDonald on the U S S Preble
369
Appendix BRanald MacDonald and the Chinooks
375
Bibliography
402
Index
411
Maps
413
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Fluent in spoken and written Japanese, Frederik L. Schodt is an author, interpreter, and translator who has written extensively on Japanese culture and Japan-U.S. relations. His classic Manga! Manga! introduced the English-speaking world to Japanese comics culture.

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