Japanese Sam Patch Saga of a Servant

A sailor nicknamed for the American stuntman who jumped over Niagara Falls and Genesee Falls. One of 17 crew members rescued from a battered cargo junk after drifting 52 days in the Pacific Ocean. The only Japanese to accompanythe Perry expedition (1853-54) that opened Japan to the West. The first Japanese to enroll in what is now Colgate University. A faithful servant and cook noted for his rice cakes, puddings, and pies. In all probability, the first Japanese to serve in the U.S. Navy, the first Japanese to be immersed a Baptist, and for a period of five years the only Japanese Protestant living in Japan. C. Calvin Parker studied Japanese in the World-War-II Army Specialized Training Program at Yale University. He worked in Japan as a missionary and taught in the theology department of Seinan Gakuin University. Parker is the author of Jonathan Goble of Japan: Marine, Missionary, Maverick. He and his wife Harriett live in Mars Hill, North Carolina.Parker, Franklin Calvin is the author of 'Japanese Sam Patch Saga of a Servant' with ISBN 9780940121584 and ISBN 0940121581.