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1) Walking Tall
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
After completing his tour of duty, Chris Vaughn, a U.S. Army Special Forces operative, returns to his rural Northwest community, which is being ravaged by petty crime and widespread drug use. Upon learning that these depredations are byproducts of the outwardly glamorous casino run by his childhood buddy, Jay Hamilton, Chris ousts the corrupt sheriff and runs for office himself, declaring war on Hamilton and his minions after he wins the election....
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Pub. Date
2018.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Sojourner Truth was born into slavery but possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. So Tall Within traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement for rights for both women and African Americans.
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Paulette and Fred Baldwin are in a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their son, McKinley, has moved away to live his own life, and the couple is struggling to connect with one another. In addition, Paulette suspects Fred and McKinley are hiding something that could change the whole family. As they face a coming storm, faith may be the only thing to get them through.
5) Walking tall
Pub. Date
c2003
Description
Based on a true story of a Tennessee sheriff who fought corruption in his county.
Pub. Date
p2003
Description
It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy County and burns the brothels and whisky joints to the ground. Having gone too far, he's voted out of office, but that doesn't stop the mob from seeking their revenge. Buford soon discovers how small his town is when he runs out of...
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
"In his time, Lin Garrett had become a legend as a lawman. He was referred to as "the other Garrett," a very different kind of lawman than Pat Garrett. He had confronted the outlaw, Ollie Sinclair, at Colorado Crossing. He gave him a chance to leave and never come back, but Ollie couldn't keep his word. After a daring robbery, Lin captured him again and put him in jail. Years later, Ollie Sinclair is released from prison. He defies the passage of...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Attack force: After Marshall Lawson loses his strike force team in a seemingly random, cold-blooded attack, he takes it upon himself to investigate the killings. He uncovers a covert military operation so secret that the military wants Lawson dead so their secret will be protected. Lawson engages in a merciless battle with a drug-dealing operation that appears to be funded by a rogue arm of the military.
The hunt for Eagle One: A daring raid becomes...