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Lay Down My Sword and Shield
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Hyperion
Publication date June 1, 1999
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780786889501
ISBN-10 0786889500
Dimensions 1 by 4.25 by 6.75 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $7.99
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Texan Hack Holland, a Democratic political candidate, becomes involved with the civil rights movement, a stand that forces him to reassess his personal priorities and goals. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: '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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