Bibliograph

Samurai rising, the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune, Pamela S. Turner ; with illustrations by Gareth Hinds

Type

Label

Samurai rising, the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune, Pamela S. Turner ; with illustrations by Gareth Hinds

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

950L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Samurai rising

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

936538290

Responsibility statement

Pamela S. Turner ; with illustrations by Gareth Hinds

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, UG, 7.2, 6, 6, 179546

Sub title

the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

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

Table Of Contents

Disaster in Kyoto: Kyoto, 1160 CE -- Headless ghosts: Kurama, 1160-1174 CE -- Samurai boot camp: Hiraizumi, 1174- 1180 CE -- Brothers-in-arms: Kamakura, 1180-1184 CE -- Perilous river: Kyoto, 1184 CE -- Midnight strike: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Hooves like hailstones: Ichi-no-Tani, 1184 CE -- Into the storm: Kyoto, Shikoku, and Yashima, 1184-1185 CE -- The dropped bow: Yashima, 1185 CE -- The drowned sword: Dan-no-Ura, 1185 CE -- Assassins in the dark: Dan-no-Ura, Kyoto, and Koshigoe, 1185 CE -- Shizuka's song: Kyoto, Kamakura, and the Yoshino Mountains, 1185-1186 CE -- The fugitive: locations unknown, 1185-1187 CE -- Feast of arrows: Hiraizumi, 1187-1189 CE -- Epilogue: the Samurai weeps

Target audience

juvenile

Classification