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Life Among the Samurai is a captivating account of the life of the warrior class during Japan's medieval period. Fascinating illustrations capture the imagination and combine with descriptive text, which engages the reader, no matter what their age. Stories about some of the most famous Samurai add to the mystique of the Samurai's role in Japanese history. The author, Eleanor J. Hall, has done a fabulous job making the Samurai's life as vibrant today as it was centuries earlier.

Contents

Foreword Discovering the humanity in us all
Introduction The evergence of the samurai
Chapter One Professional warriors
Chapter Two Becoming a samurai warrior
Chapter Three The code of bushido
Chapter Four The changing nature of combat
Chapter Five Samurai at home
Chapter Six Samurai in peacetime
Epilogue End of the samurai
Notes
Glossary
For furrher reading (bibliography)
Works consulted
Index
Picture credits
About the author

This is a great non-fiction book about samurai and how they live. It is cool how much I learned about samurai... they are very honorable. ( )