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1) Walking tall
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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....
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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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. Her story is told with lyricism and pathos by Gary D. Schmidt, one of the most celebrated writers for children in the twenty-first century, and brought to life by award winning...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works hundreds of miles away, and the distance between the husband and wife feels even farther. When their son returns home, his visit dredges up even more conflict between Fred and Paulette. McKinley makes it no secret that he doesn't intend to follow in his father's footsteps at George & Company Fine Furnishings...
6) Walking tall
Language
English
Description
Buford Pusser, an ex-marine, returns to his home town to see it full of corruption and crime. With a four-foot club in hand, he goes on a violent quest to make his town right again.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
After cleaning up his hometown, Nick retires as county sheriff and heads to Dallas where he hopes to start a new life with an FBI agent and her daughter. When a ruthless drug lord targets several key witnesses to a Federal case, Nick finds himself in the middle of a war with no one to trust. This time Nick is on their turf and he is pitted against an army of gang members. Nick will stop at nothing to protect his own.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Walking tall: Based on the true life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser who almost single-handily cleaned up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost of his life and his family's. Walking tall part II: Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife. Final Chapter: Walking Tall: The final years in the life of Pusser after his retirement from the police force where...
Publisher
Rhino Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Created by comic book legends Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams, John Stewart changed both DC's fictional universe and the comics industry itself. Introduced as a substitute for Hal Jordan, DC's primary Green Lantern, John Stewart was DC's first Black superhero, and over the years grew from a back-up player to a main character and arguably the most recognizable Green Lantern. Stewart starred in the Green Lantern series for a time and later his own series,...
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
The rundown (PG-13) (2003) (105 min.): A bounty hunter is in the Amazon jungle to capture a guy who turns out not to be the bad guy he is touted as. The two team up to look for an ancient gold idol thought to be stored in a mine in the Amazon.
The scorpion king (PG-13) (2002) (94 min.): A desert warrior rises up against the evil army that is destroying his homeland....
19) WPL iPad
Series
Publisher
Westmont Public Library
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
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