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

Narrator: Will Patton

Format: Unabridged-CD, Paperback

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: Feb 2010

Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General

Retail Price: $39.99

Discs: 8

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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