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Sky Hawk / Jiro Taniguchi.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: [Doddington, UK] : Fanfare/Ponent Mon, [2019]Description: 283 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1912097346
  • 9781912097340
Uniform titles:
  • Ten no Taka. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 741.5952 23
Summary: "Two defeated samurai are exiled from Japan during the Boshin War of 1868 as the new Meiji government took hold. Ending up in Crow Territory in North America, they encounter Crazy Horse, chief of the Oglalas, and soon form a profound friendship and respect for each other's cultures. This respect was felt so deeply that the two Japanese travelers end up fighting alongside the Oglalas at the infamous encounter at Little Bighorn."--Provided by publisher.
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Book Coffeyville Public Library Young Adult Graphic Novel Coffeyville Public Library Adult Books GN F TANIGUCHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38670101563183

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"Original title: 'TEN NO TAKA (SKY HAWK)' �PAPIER/Jir�o Taniguchi, 2002"--Colophon.

"Two defeated samurai are exiled from Japan during the Boshin War of 1868 as the new Meiji government took hold. Ending up in Crow Territory in North America, they encounter Crazy Horse, chief of the Oglalas, and soon form a profound friendship and respect for each other's cultures. This respect was felt so deeply that the two Japanese travelers end up fighting alongside the Oglalas at the infamous encounter at Little Bighorn."--Provided by publisher.

In English, translated from the Japanese.

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