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A Japanese Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)
Author: Jenichiro Oyabe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-12-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780484672788
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Excerpt from A Japanese Robinson Crusoe The kingdom of Nippon, says St. Xavier, is the delight of my soul. And to one whose ideas have been trained in accordance with the habits of European civilization, Japan is indeed the land of surprises; not, however, the country, but its people. But how can a foreigner know about them? Of course, by reading their biog raphies, that is, by means of written language, must be the answer. But, in the first place, must the foreigner learn our language, or shall we study his? The first is more difficult than the last, as the Japanese is a language limited to that island empire exclusively, while the English or French is almost universal. So, then, in this booklet my imperfect English triumph over my own mother tongue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe (1898)

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe (1898)
Author: Jenichiro Oyabe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2008-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781436935579
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe
Author: Jenichiro Oyabe
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2009-01-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0824861272
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First published in 1898 and long out of print, A Japanese Robinson Crusoe by Jenichiro Oyabe (1867–1941) is a pioneering work of Asian American literature. It recounts Oyabe’s early life in Japan, his journey west, and his education at two historically Black colleges, detailing in the process his gradual transformation from Meiji gentleman to self-proclaimed "Japanese Yankee." Like a Victorian novelist, Oyabe spins a tale that mixes faith and exoticism, social analysis and humor. His story fuses classic American narratives of self-creation and the self-made man (and, in some cases, the tall tale) with themes of immigrant belonging and "whiteness." Although he compares himself with the castaway Robinson Crusoe, Oyabe might best be described as a combination of Crusoe and his faithful servant Friday, the Christianized man of color who hungers to be enlightened by Western ways. A Japanese Robinson Crusoe is flavored with insights on important questions for contemporary Americans: How does one "become" American? How is Asian American identity formed in response to the conditions of other racial groups? When and how did the Asian American "model minority" myth emerge? A new introduction provides a provocative analysis of Oyabe’s story and discusses his years abroad in the context of his later career, placing the text within both American and modern Japanese history.

Robinson Crusoe, USN

Robinson Crusoe, USN
Author: George R. Tweed
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789121132
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THE TRUE STORY OF UNITED STATES NAVY RADIOMAN GEORGE TWEED AND HIS 31 MONTHS OF SURVIVAL ON JAPANESE-HELD GUAM DURING WORLD WAR II “DANIEL DEFOE would have admired George Ray Tweed, the American seaman whose ingenuity and self-reliance have caught the imagination of modern America as Robinson Crusoe’s fascinated eighteenth century England. Defoe’s hero was engaged almost solely in a struggle for survival against nature. “Crusoe and Tweed were most alike in the genius for contrivance, and Tweed doesn’t suffer from comparison with his famous prototype. To construct his shelter and furniture, Crusoe brought from his ship planks and boards and a complete carpenter’s chest of tools, in addition to two saws, an ax, “an abundance of hatchets,” a hammer, nails and several knives. Tweed built his equipment without benefit of nails, using only a handsaw, a machete, and a pocketknife. He went on to fashion, with crude materials, a lamp, a lantern, and an ingenious alarm system. At one time he had electric lights in a part of the country where not even the best homes enjoyed such luxury. He kept in repair an almost worn-out typewriter, on which he produced a one-page underground newspaper. He tore apart an apparently useless radio, put it together again, and brought in news from a station thousands of miles away. “Tweed was born with common sense. A roustabout life as lumberman, stevedore, and mechanic gave him self-reliance; hunting expeditions in Oregon and California taught him woodsmanship; the Navy instructed him in the techniques of communication. It was as if all his early life had been preparation for the grueling experience which he alone, of those who fled before the invading Japanese, survived. “I am glad to be the one to tell Tweed’s story. In all important respects it is related here exactly as he gave it to me.”

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe

A Japanese Robinson Crusoe
Author: Jenichiro Oyabe
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2009-01-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0824832477
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First published in 1898 and long out of print, A Japanese Robinson Crusoe by Jenichiro Oyabe (1867–1941) is a pioneering work of Asian American literature. It recounts Oyabe’s early life in Japan, his journey west, and his education at two historically Black colleges, detailing in the process his gradual transformation from Meiji gentleman to self-proclaimed "Japanese Yankee." Like a Victorian novelist, Oyabe spins a tale that mixes faith and exoticism, social analysis and humor. His story fuses classic American narratives of self-creation and the self-made man (and, in some cases, the tall tale) with themes of immigrant belonging and "whiteness." Although he compares himself with the castaway Robinson Crusoe, Oyabe might best be described as a combination of Crusoe and his faithful servant Friday, the Christianized man of color who hungers to be enlightened by Western ways. A Japanese Robinson Crusoe is flavored with insights on important questions for contemporary Americans: How does one "become" American? How is Asian American identity formed in response to the conditions of other racial groups? When and how did the Asian American "model minority" myth emerge? A new introduction provides a provocative analysis of Oyabe’s story and discusses his years abroad in the context of his later career, placing the text within both American and modern Japanese history.

In Search of Robinson Crusoe

In Search of Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daisuke Takahashi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:
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This book seeks to discover the actual man and the true adventures behind the life of Alexander Selkirk, the real-life Robinson Crusoe.

A New Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)

A New Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Livingston Alden
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781440090363
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Excerpt from A New Robinson Crusoe I DID not exactly write this story, for I can't write very much except my name, but I talked it all, from beginning to end, to a man who writes just as plain as print, and he wrote it down just as I told it to him. At least he said he would, and I am pretty sure he kept his word; but if he did happen to put any mistakes into it, you will know they are his, and not mine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 3 of 4 (Classic Reprint)

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 3 of 4 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Daniel Defoe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2017-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780259318798
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Excerpt from The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Vol. 3 of 4 Nay, further, the common motive of foreign adventures was taken away in me; for I had no fortune to make; I had nothing to seek: if I had gained ten thousand pounds, I had been no richer; for I had already sufficient for me, and for those I had to leave 1t to; and that I had was visibly increasing for having no great family, I could not spend the 1ncome of what I had, unless I would set up for an expensive way of living, such as a great family, servants, equipage, gaiety, and the like, which were things I had no notion of, or inclinat1on to; so that I had nothing indeed to do but to sit still, and fully enjoy what I had got, and see it increase daily upon my hands. Yet all these things had no effect upon me, or at least not enough to resist the strong inclination I had to go abroad again, which hung about me like a chron ical distemper. In particular, the desire of seeing my new plantation in the island, and the colony I left there, ran in my head continually. I dreamed of it all night, and my imagination ran upon it all day; it was uppermost in all my thoughts; and my fancy worked so'steadily and strongly upon it that I talked of it in my sleep; in short, nothing could remove it out of my mind: it even! Broke so violently into all my discourses that it made my conversation tiresome, for I could talk of nothing else: all my discourse ran into it, even to imper tinence, and I saw 1t in myself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

New Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)

New Robinson Crusoe (Classic Reprint)
Author: Gilson Gardner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2018-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780666834928
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Excerpt from New Robinson Crusoe The pious pirates circumnavigated the globe and finally brought their loot, including the Bachelor frigate, valued at pounds, safely back to England, where Alexander Selkirk received his share. He was thus able to live the life of a gen tleman and after a short visit to his old home in Largo, Fife County, Scotland, he married and went to London, where he lived some ten years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.