Samurai: The Story of a Warrior Tradition

by Harry Cook

Book Overview

For centuries, the Samurai dominated Japan. Although they have disappeared, their values--honor, loyalty, and bravery-continue to influence Japanese thought today. Where did these fierce warriors come from? How did they achieve such power? This engrossing history recounts the Samurai's foundation myths, the tales of princes and emperors who set the stage for the feudal system where the Samurai thrived, the battles that changed Japan's landscape and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806906707
• ISBN13: 9780806906706
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Very informative text with may interesting asides

This book is one of those books that when you start to read it you can't put it down. As well as the main text there are interseting asides that take you behind the scenes of the the lifes and times of a warrior race that was both bloody and brutal as well as being artistic and restrained. Mr. Cook has written a wonderful narative that take the reader inside the Samurai's world.