Lay Down My Sword and Shield by James Lee Burke Paperback Book

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Rent Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Author: James Lee Burke

Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: Feb 2010

Genre: Fiction - Suspense

Retail Price: $17.99

Pages: 336

Synopsis

'As I stood there on my front porch that hot, breathless July day, leaning against the column with the six bullet holes, now worn and smooth, I could see Hack's whitewashed marker under the pin oaks in the Holland family cemetery... Four generations of my family were buried there.'

Hack Holland is a product of the South, both old and new. Hard-drinking ex-POW and wealthy, progressive Democrat, he stands in the long shadow cast by his ancestors. When Holland's candidacy for a congressional seat brings him increasingly into conflict with those around him, his almost unwitting involvement with a violent civil rights conflict forces him to reassess his future - and his past...

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