Swagger, Earl (Fictitious character)

The 47th samurai : a Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter( Book )
10 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 1,793 libraries worldwide
Reclaiming a lost military sword for a Japanese war veteran, Bob Lee Swagger is forced to postpone his retirement when a self-proclaimed samurai brutally murders the veteran's family, a crime Swagger vows to avenge.

Havana by Stephen Hunter( Sound Recording )
13 editions published between 2002 and 2011 in English and Russian and held by 407 libraries worldwide
Sent by the CIA to 1950s Cuba to eliminate young revolutionary Fidel Castro, ex-Marine hero Earl Swagger finds himself confronting outdated ideals about honor and duty as the world around him erupts into early Cold War violence. Reprint.

The 47th samurai [a Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter( Sound Recording )
9 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and Russian and held by 358 libraries worldwide
Bob Lee Sagger and Philip Yano are in search of a sword that was used in battle. However, by finding the sword, has led them into danger.

The 47th samurai [a Bob Lee Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter( Sound Recording )
5 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and Turkish and held by 176 libraries worldwide
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.

Pale horse coming a novel by Stephen Hunter( Sound Recording )
2 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide
It's 1951, and the last place in America any sane man wishes to visit is Thebes State Penal Farm (Colored) in Thebes, Mississippi. Up a dark river, surrounded by swamps and impenetrable woods, it's the Old South at its most brutal -- a place of violence, racial terror, and even more horrific rumors. Of the few who make the journey, black or white, even fewer return.<P>But in that year, two men travel to Thebes ...

Hot Springs : an Earl Swagger novel by Stephen Hunter( Book )
3 editions published between 2000 and 2011 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide
"Earl Swagger is tough as hell. But even tough guys have their secrets. Plagued by the memory of his abusive father, apprehensive about his own impending parenthood, Earl is a decorated ex-marine of absolute integrity -- and overwhelming melancholy. Now he's about to face his biggest, bloodiest challenge yet. It is the summer of 1946, organized crime's garish golden age, when American justice seems to have gone to seed for good. Nowhere is this more true than in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the reigning capital of corruption. When the district attorney vows to bring down the mob, Earl is recruited to run the show. As casino raids erupt into nerve-shattering combat amid screaming prostitutes and fleeing johns, the body count mounts -- along with the suspense"--P. [4] of cover.