Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune / Pamela S. Turner ; illustrated by Gareth Hinds.
| Author/creator |
Turner, Pamela S. author. |
| Other author/creator | Hind, Gareth, illustrator. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2016 |
| Description | xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps. |
| Abstract | Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills. --Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231) and index. |
| Audience | 950 Lexile |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Study program note | Reading Counts! |
| LCCN | 2014049179 |
| ISBN | 9781580895842 (reinforced for library use) |
| ISBN | 1580895840 (reinforced for library use) |
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| Joyner | TRC Biographies | B M66T | ✔ Available | Place Hold |