Based on real characters and events, Storm Rider is a vivid historical portrait of Japan and America in the mid-nineteenth century, as well as an exciting high-seas adventure and a moving story of a man lost between two cultures.
With trepidation and hope, the.
When the merchant vessel he sails on is caught in a violent Storm on the Pacific, an American ship comes to the rescue and takes the young boy to San Francisco.
At the age of thirteen, Hikotaro is orphaned and left to a life at sea.
Based on real characters and events, Storm Rider is a vivid historical portrait of Japan and America in the mid-nineteenth century, as well as an exciting high-seas adventure and a moving story of a man lost between two cultures