Samurai rising the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

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.

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Main Author: Turner, Pamela S.
Other Authors: Hind, Gareth (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2016]
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xiii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781580895842 (reinforced for library use)
1580895840 (reinforced for library use)
Author Notes:PAMELA S. TURNER is the author of Life on Earth-and Beyond, The Dolphins of Shark Bay (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and the Orbis Pictus Honor Book The Frog Scientist (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Pamela lives in Oakland, California.

Back in college GARETH HINDS sketched legendary scenes from Yoshitsune's life-just for fun. Today he is the creator of highly acclaimed graphic-novel adaptions of Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, Beowulf, and other classics (Candlewick). Gareth lives in Washington D.C.