Essays based on letters he wrote from Lome, the West African capital where Blake spent a Fulbright year. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Togo wasn't meant to be a sled dog. He was too feisty and independent to make a good team member, let alone a leader. But Togo is determined, and when his train

Togo Heihachiro (1848-1934) was born into a feudal society that had lived in seclusion for 250 years. As a teenage samurai, he witnessed the destruction wrought