Samurai book saburo sakai autographed

This is his story, the firsthand, fullthrottle account of his more than 200 missions, 64 confirmed kills, and countless daredevil exploits. Curiosity got to me and by luck i found an original edition in a local bookstore powells city of books. Editions for samurai 055324664x mass market paperback published in 1985, kindle edition published in 2018, 1591147557 hardcover published in 2010. Saburo sakai and the zero fighter pilots is a book by henry sakaida dealing with the wartime history of saburo sakai and other imperial japanese navy air service pilots who flew the mitsubishi. Saburo sakai and the zero fighter pilots is a 1985 book by henry sakaida dealing with the wartime history of saburo sakai and other imperial japanese navy air service pilots who flew the mitsubishi a6m zero. Saburo sakai became a living legend in japan during world war ii. Sublieutenant saburo sakai was a japanese naval aviator and flying ace gekitsuio, of the imperial japanese navy during world war ii. We are offering a hand signed limited edition hard bound edition of samurai by. Samurai by saburo sakai, martin caidin, fred saito and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

Martin caidin was an american author and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Faced with the prospects of a desolate rural life, he enlisted in the imperial japanese navy at sixteen. Luckily for sakai, he was not assigned to a naval carrier. The unforgettable saga of japans greatest fighter pilot. One thing that makes this book fun is that if you have a lot of romantic illusions about japan or the samurai class this book will cure them. Pilots everywhere spoke in awe of his incredible exploits in the air. First published in english in 1957, it gave americans new perspectives on the air war and on the japanese pilots who, until then, had been perceived in the united states as mere caricatures. Unfortunately it also has a chip on its authors shoulders. It then goes onto to poke holes in two stories contained with the book. Saburo sakai sakai, saburo used books, rare books and new books. The forward explains how everyone was first exposed to the japanese side of world war ii with the book samurai. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Its the japanese version of the first and last and the reader follows sakai s career from the early days of japanese victory to the wars conclusion. He came from a family descended from a long line of samurai.

Saburo sakai s 500 mile trek back to rabual from guadacanal in his crippled zero is a testimony to the man and to the nature of war. I bought the book 10 years later, to read about his wartime experience as a ww2 japanese fighter pilot. Samurai aug 1978 by fred saito saburo sakai wmartin. Claims have been made that his autobiography samurai. The book was not published in japan and differs from his biographies there. Saburo sakai was born into an impoverished samurai family in 1916. Sabukuo sakai got seriously wounded over the airbattle of guadalcanal. I was very glad to find that martin caidens 1957 book samurai. Illustrated edition ebook written by martin caiden, saburo sakai, fred saito. He was taught to live by the code of bushido, which he defined in his book, samurai. The story of saburo sakai provides for the first time an intimate look into the other side. Dont usually read war aviation books, but this one was very good. By 1937 he had graduated at the top of this his enlisted pilottraining class, and he quickly saw combat in china.

Sakai s account of the rise and fall of japanese naval aviation has not lost any of its riveting impact in the nearly 60 years since. Saburo sakai is perhaps one of the most famous japanese air aces to emerge from wwii, credited with at least 28 aerial victories and shooting down or severely damaging well over 60 allied. The book states that on the night of august 1415, 1945, the evening before tokyos surrender, sakai and an ensign jiro kawachi intercepted a b29 and shot it down. Saburo sakai was a professional warrior dedicated to the fine yet deadly art of aerial combat. In 1985 sakai told historian henry sakaida, what was written in samurai. Samurai by saburo sakai and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

First off, let me say that this is one of the grand combat memoirs of world war iibut you knew that, right. The movie kept very close to the book, and stuck to the facts. Of all japans aces, saburo sakai is the only pilot who never lost a wingman in combat. Caidin was an airplane pilot as well, and bought and restored a 1936 junkers ju 52 airplane. Saburo sakai was born august 16th 1916 in the farming village of nishiyoka in the saga prefecture on kyushu island, japan. Samurai is another book you wont be able to put down. Saburo sakai was born into one of japans great samurai warrior families and became one of his country s greatest ww2 pilots and the only one to survive the war. Illustrated edition by martin caiden, saburo sakai, fred. The book has been hand signed and numbered in pencil out of 200 copies.

The unforgettable saga of japans greatest fighter pilot by saburo sakai, martin caidin, fred saito and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read samurai. For a man who engaged in more than 200 aerial combats, this was an incredible achievement. Japanese pilot, saburo sakai, relates his experiences from china through the end of the war. Saburo sakai, the pilot i admire the most, signed my book. This new book wings of the samuri is, again, very good. The airbattles are suspensefull and detailed, as good as in the movie midway, but with a much smaller budged. Sakai had 28 aerial victories including shared by official japanese records, while his autobiography samurai. Saburo sakai is japans greatest fighter pilot to survive world war ii, and his powerful memoir has proven to be one of the most popular and enduring books ever written on the pacific war. Samurai by saburo sakai martin caidin fred saito abebooks.