The Sea-God at Sunrise (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781480121836)

It is 1841. Japanese fisherman Shima and his younger brother, out on a routine fishing expedition, are wrecked on an uninhabited island by a freak typhoon. Their rescue by a passing American whaling ship proves a short-lived miracle when, barred from reentering Japan, the ship heads for the whaling grounds of the South Pacific. Shima becomes an unwilling passenger in a strange floating world filled with foreign faces, a new language, and a hostile chief mate. But when the reclusive captain suddenly falls ill, Shima and third mate Daniel Ellis stumble upon a secret from his past that brings together their previously isolated worlds. Inspired by the true story of John Manjiro, one of the first Japanese in America and later interpreter to the shogun, "The Sea-God at Sunrise" is a tale of friendship and forgiveness across two cultures at the height of America's Golden Age of Whaling.

Author: G. L. Tysk
ISBN-10: 1480121835
ISBN-13: 9781480121836
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2012
Pages: 420
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.93d