Notes on Style;
Timeline of the 1860 Japanese Embassy;
Introduction;
The Sensation;
Chapter 1 Samurai and Southern Belles: "Prince Tommy" and Southern Representations of the 1860 Japanese Embassy;
Chapter 2 Writing to "Tommy";
Chapter 3 "Negroes from Japan" and the Antebellum African American Press; The Survivor;
Chapter 4 The Origins and Adventures of Young Tateishi;
Chapter 5 Civil War Survival;
Chapter 6 "Tommy" on Trial: The Iwakura Mission and Nagano's Return to America;
Chapter 7 Nagano in Hawai'i, Russia, and Hokkaido;
Conclusion: The Legacy of "Tommy";
The Many Names of "Tommy";
Appendix Selected American Writings to and about the 1860 Embassy;
Bibliography;
Index