Samurai Rising

The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

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Samurai Rising

By: Pamela S. Turner

Narrated by: Brian Nishii

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Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life saga. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family - and lost. His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His daring feats and impossible bravery earned him immortality.

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YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, 2017

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Epic is the only word that comes to mind when I think of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The narrator does an amazing job telling the story in a way that captures the listeners' attention like no one else.

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