TY  - BOOK
AU  - Man,John
TI  - Samurai: the last warrior : a history 
SN  - 9780062202673
AV  - DS881.5.S2 M34 2014
U1  - 952.031/092 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - SaigoÌ, Takamori,
KW  - Samurai
KW  - Japan
KW  - Swordplay
KW  - Martial arts
KW  - fast
KW  - History
KW  - To 1868
KW  - Meiji period, 1868-1912
N1  - "Originally published in slightly different form in the United Kingdom in 2011 by Transworld Publishers."--Title page verso; Includes "P.S. Insights, interviews & more-- " (16 pages following page 321); Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-304) and index; List of maps -- Preface -- Note on transliteration and dating -- Prologue:  Out of the Volcano: -- Way of the warrior:  beginnings -- Young life transformed -- Way of the warrior:  a short history of swords -- Coming of the Americans -- Way of the warrior:  cutting the belly -- New world, new life -- Way of the warrior:  Bushido -- Death I Kinko Bay -- Exile, and a new life -- Brief taste of power -- Prisoner -- Into the maelstrom -- Unhappy revolutionary -- Accidental rebel -- Failure at Kumamoto -- Retreat -- Long road to death -- Saigo's last stand -- Transfiguration -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Photo credits -- Index
N2  - "In Samurai, celebrated author John Man provides a unique and captivating look at their true history, told through the life of one man: Saigo Takamori, known to many as 'the last samurai.' In 1877, Takamori led a rebel army of samurai in a heroic 'last stand' against the Imperial Japanese Army, who sought to end the 'way of the sword' in favor of firearms and modern warfare."--Back cover
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