Hartsburg, USA A Novel

"Hartsburg, Ohio, is a vintage rust-belt town on the wane; the factories and foundries are closed. And as the local cineplex gives way to yet another fundamentalist church, an ideological turf war has become inevitable." "Oppressed by a dominant culture hostile to her values, born-again Christian mom Bevy Baer decides to run for a spot on the school board. But her plucky door-to-door campaign finds trouble when it awakens Wallace Cormier, a burned-out liberal in need of a cause. After an abortive screenwriting career, Cormier has returned to his hometown, raising a family and churning out an uninspired newspaper column. But he decides to make the school board election a race - and suddenly everything changes." "Signs are posted, debates scheduled, sausage-eating contests endured ... and then big-time political advisers get involved. Soon Cormier and Bevy find themselves in a passionate, nationally televised, tooth-and-nail battle that leaves voters wondering which candidate, if either, is on the side of the angels. It's red versus blue, Christian versus atheist, and the future of the country or at least of one town and two families - seems to hang in the balance."--BOOK JACKET.Mizner, David is the author of 'Hartsburg, USA A Novel', published 2007 under ISBN 9781596913264 and ISBN 1596913266.