Book Signing & greet the public

Local author, Nancy Glenn Powell will sign her new book, “Where Grass Grows High, And Slaver’s Hounds Don’t Howl” on Friday afternoon, July 19, from 1 to 3 pm.

“Where Grass Grows High, And Slaver’s Hounds Don’t Howl” is based on the adult life of Samuel Glenn. He is a Christian man of many talents—a farmer, hostler, blacksmith, cooper, tanner, and shoemaker. Striving to avoid the effects of an anticipated war, he takes his wife and ten children from Georgia to central Arkansas in 1852. Yet, the war spreads into Arkansas and Samuel has six sons to fight—two for the Confederates, three for the Union, and one forced into service by the Home Guard. One son and two sons-in-law do not return.

In Arkansas, Samuel hopes to build a thriving horse farm. Before the war begins, he sells horses to the Union Army, but will not sell his broodmares and stallion. However, they are stolen before the end of the war along with other livestock, and brutal attempts are made to take his savings.
Samuel’s family shares food with widows in the community and takes two orphans into their home. Before the war, they hid food in a concealed cellar under the house—near the war’s end, they are hungry enough to eat weeds, a turtle, and animals they would not previously consider as food for humans. Despite hard times, he continues to help the less fortunate and defies KKK threats to help a family of former slaves.