Native American in the land of the shogun : Ranald MacDonald and the opening of Japan
A wide-ranging, readable account of an eccentric and exceptional man who crossed cultures and changed history.
Biographies
1 online resource (xiv, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781611725414, 1611725410
607003850
Fort Colvile and the Custer interview
The mouth of the Columbia River
A fateful non-meeting at Fort Vancouver
Education at Red River
A "trial in business" at St. Thomas
Sag Harbor's Japan connection
A "staging ground" in the Hawaiian Islands
Rishiri Island : the adventure begins
On Japan's northern frontier
Under control of the Matsumae domain
Arrival in Nagasaki
Nagasaki days, teaching English and learning Japanese
Leaving Nagasaki
Creation of the narrative
The MacDonald legacy
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010