... attorney, who also defended his brother in a different case. A wave of racial tension hits the town, with its citizens taking sides, the black community organizing marches and the Ku-Klux-Klan returning to the area. As the situation escalates, the national guard is called into town, while everybody is awaiting ... of Ozzie Walls, designed by Grisham to be "the only black sheriff in Mississippi" (13). He is so well-integrated into the community and popular among both black and white people that for several elections, no white candidate could beat him. It becomes very clear, though, that .....

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