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Author Hunter, Stephen, 1946-

Title The 47th samurai : a Bob Lee Swagger novel / Stephen Hunter.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Pocket Star Books, 2008, ©2007.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F HUNTER    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Basement Materials  FICITON HUNTER, STEPHEN    Check Shelf
Edition Pocket Star books pbk. ed.
Description 456 pages ; 20 cm
Series Bob Lee Swagger novel ; [4]
Hunter, Stephen, 1946- Bob Lee Swagger novel ; 4.
Summary Bob Lee Swagger and Philip Yano are bound together by a single moment at Iwo Jima, 1945, when their fathers, two brave fighters on opposite sides, met in the bloody and chaotic battle for the island. Only Earl Swagger survived. More than sixty years later, Yano comes to America to honor the legacy of his heroic father by recovering the sword he used in the battle. His search has led him to Crazy Horse, Idaho, where Bob Lee, ex-marine and Vietnam veteran, has settled into a restless retirement and immediately pledges himself to Yano's quest. Bob Lee finds the sword and delivers it to Yano in Tokyo. On inspection, they discover that it is not a standard WWII blade, but a legendary shin-shinto katana, an artifact of the nation. It is priceless but worth killing for ... as they discover too late when someone steals the sword, slaughtering Yano's entire family, save for one small girl, in the process. Swagger sets out avenge the Yanos and retrieve the sword ...
Contents Bob Lee Swagger and Philip Yano are bound together by a single moment at Iwo Jima, 1945, when their fathers, two brave fighters on opposite sides, met in the bloody and chaotic battle for the island. Only Earl Swagger survived. More than sixty years later, Yano comes to America to honor the legacy of his heroic father by recovering the sword he used in the battle. His search has led him to Crazy Horse, Idaho, where Bob Lee, ex-marine and Vietnam veteran, has settled into a restless retirement and immediately pledges himself to Yano's quest. Bob Lee finds the sword and delivers it to Yano in Tokyo. On inspection, they discover that it is not a standard WWII blade, but a legendary shin-shinto katana, an artifact of the nation. It is priceless but worth killing for ... as they discover too late when someone steals the sword, slaughtering Yano's entire family, save for one small girl, in the process. Swagger sets out avenge the Yanos and retrieve the sword ...
Subject Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788
Swagger, Bob Lee (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01139831
Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01200773
Japan -- Tokyo. (OCoLC)fst01204835
Mystery fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Mystery fiction.
Added Title Forty-seventh samurai
ISBN 9780743458009 (pbk.)
0743458001 (pbk.)
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