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1.Commodore Perry in the Land of the ShogunCommodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
from HarperCollins
Price: $3.49

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Beginning as the "giant dragons puffing smoke" descended upon the fishing village of Shimoda, this book chronologically follows Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition and subsequent opening of Japan for trade with the United States. This volume, which appears to have been extremely well-researched,... more info

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2.[no image]Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan. Landmark Series Book No. 56
from Random House

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3.[no image]Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shoguns
from Diane Pub Co
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4.Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853
from Smithsonian
Price: $4.75

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The subject is interesting and timely [taking US values to far corners of the world]. But the writing is abismal. Here is a typical sentence: "Anerican newspapers helped swell the numbers who knew little more about Japan than the cruelty they reported." Did you have to read that sentence twice... more info

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5.[no image]The Japan Expedition 1852-1854: The Personal Journal of Commodore Matthew C. Perry
from Smithsonian Books

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6.[no image]Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
from New York: Random House, Landmark Books, 1955

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7.Commodore Perry s Minstrel Show (James a. Michener Fiction Series)Commodore Perry's Minstrel Show (James a. Michener Fiction Series)
from University of Texas Press
Price: $4.45

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If you love historical fiction, Japanese film, period literature, great writing with themes of class, culture and Asia, this is a rare find that you won't want to put down once the story gets going. Wiley's first book, SOLDIERS IN HIDING, deservedly won the PEN/Faulkner award and this historical... more info

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8.[no image]Court-Martial of Commodore Perry, The: The Little Known Story of the Conspiracy Behind the Trial of the Hero of the Battle of Lake Erie
from Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.

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9.[no image]Commodore Perry
from Random House Books for Young Readers

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10.[no image]Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan. Performed in the Years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States
from D. Appleton and Co.
Price: $27.99

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