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The Flowers of Edo
by Kennedy, Michael Dana
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 1934287806
- ISBN 13
- 9781934287804
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vertical, 201. Stated First Edition Signed and inscribed on title page 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 542 pages From jacket: "In the climactic closing months of World War II, Allied Intelligence officers are summons to the Malacanan Place in Manila to be briefed by General MacArthur's Intelligence Staff on the optimal conclusion to the conflict in the Pacific Theater. Intelligence collected at the time concluded that the Americans had only three options to effectively force the Imperial Japanese Military into surrender: encirclement, blockade and bombardment; isolating Japan from its forces in China, Korea and Formosa or engaging Japan through a full-scale amphibious invasion. In (this) debut novel Japanese American Lt. Ken Kobayashi must straddle a delicate line between duty to country and honor to his the family as he is assigned by General MacArthur to infiltrate the Imperial Japanese Army in the lead-up to an invasion of the Japanese archipelago. From the deck of the U.S.S. Yorktown to the halls of the Imperial Ministry of War in Ichigaya in Tokyo, The Flowers of Edo reveals the intricacies of the miliary machine and the human and cultural price that was paid in the bombings on Japan through a perspective never before seen in fiction." The top right corner of the inside front cover seems to have become glued to the fep during production and was torn to be able to open the book. There is a tiny crease on inside front jacket flap; bumped head and heel of spine under jacket. . Signed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Michael Dana Kennedy is a Boston native. After graduating from Harvard University with a dual major in history and political science, he attended Tufts University School of Medicine for two years before withdrawing to pursue a career in clinical research. In the late '80s he returned to academia when he entered M.I.T., with a focus on computer science. Kennedy founded two medical technology companies, both of which he sold. He then turned his attention to his life-long interest in history and began researching and writing his debut novel, The Flowers of Edo. Research for the book led him to live in Japan for six months. He spoke before members of Japan's Ministry of Defense at their headquarters in Ichigaya, Tokyo, where he was presented with an official daishō sword set for his findings.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005918
- Title
- The Flowers of Edo
- Author
- Kennedy, Michael Dana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 1934287806
- ISBN 13
- 9781934287804
- Publisher
- Vertical
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 201
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- signed; autographed; First Edition; 1st Edition; Debut novel; novel; Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Novels; Signed; First Editions;
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