Kawada Ryōkichi - Jeanie Eadie's Samurai: The Life and Times of a Meiji Entrepreneur and Agricultural Pioneer by Andrew Cobbing, Masatarō Itami

Kawada Ryōkichi - Jeanie Eadie's Samurai: The Life and Times of a Meiji Entrepreneur and Agricultural Pioneer

Andrew Cobbing, Masatarō Itami

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nonfiction autobiography biography historical history medium-paced
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Kawada Ryokichi - Jeanie Eadie's Samurai: The Life and Times of a Meiji Entrepreneur and Agricultural Pioneer is a captivating read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of history, culture, and romance, offering a unique glimpse into the life of a pioneering Japanese entrepreneur and agricultural innovator who bridged East and West through his extraordinary experiences in Scotland and Japan.

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In the early 1880s, Kawada Ryokichi, a young samurai training at a shipyard on Clydeside, near Glasgow, met and fell in love with a Glaswegian girl - a bookshop assistant - by the name of Jeanie Eadie, and took the many letters she wrote to him (t...

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