Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun /by Rhoda Blumberg.
- first edition.
- New York : Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, (c)1985.
- 144 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Aliens arrive -- The black ships of the evil men -- His high and mighty mysteriousness -- Landing on sacred soil -- The Dutch Island prison -- Foreigners forbidden -- The great peace -- Clouds over the land of the rising sun -- The black ships return -- The treaty house -- An array of gifts -- The grand banquet -- The treaty -- Excursions on land and sea -- Shore leave -- In the wake of the black ships.
Details Commodore Matthew Perry's role in opening Japan's closed society to world trade in the 1850s, one of history's most significant diplomatic achievements.