Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Lay Down My Sword and Shield by Burke, James Lee. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780786889501.

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 Hacks 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 Hollands 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...