Hachi-Ko: The Samurai Dog He returned like clockwork to meet the commuter train at Shibuya Train Station at the same time every day for seven years, despite battles with delinquents, dogcatchers, and vicious strays who threat
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| Title | : | Hachi-Ko: The Samurai Dog |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1424158214 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 102 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2007-01-15 |
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Hachi-Ko, the samurai dog of Japan, became a celebrity in Tokyo during the turbulent 1930s. He was honored by a statue and a special celebration with thousands of guests—even while he was living as a wild street dog in a drainpipe. Once the cherished pet of Professor Eizaburo Ueno, Hachi-Ko won fame among young and old for his undying loyalty to the memory of his master. He returned like clockwork to meet the commuter train at Shibuya Train Station at the same time every day for seven years, despite battles with delinquents, dogcatchers, and vicious strays who threatened him and his friends. Faithful to his death, Hachi-Ko is famous even today as the Akita samurai dog of Japan. Shizuko O. Koster, author of the award-winning non-fiction story “The Day Mother Sold the Family Swords,” ventures back to her mother’s generation to tell the whole story of Tokyo’s four-legged hero: Hachi-Ko.
Editorial :
This book has everything that I have come to expect from this author: detailed primary and secondary characters, intense dialog, heart wrenching emotion & hilarious profanity. I know this to be true because I've known my husband since high school and that's been 30 years. Unlike the other book I have mentioned, there are no wasted pages with nothing but a few words on a blank space. This book, one of several i looked at, was recommended to me by a scientist friend in the dyeing field, whom i know from my time spent taking dyeing and finishing classes over at the NCSU College of Textiles.
Kinnersly-Taylor is a textile artist based in Glasgow, Scotland, which unfortunately makes her book potentially confusing as a primary class text for a US-based course, since all the measures are metric and most of the brands of dyes and auxiliaries are UK specific. I learned about this faithful dog through a read aloud in our reading series book (I am a 4th grade teacher). One thing that I
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