Where Grass Grows High: And Slavers' Hounds Don't Howl

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After Samuel realizes the war will reach his home, he and his wife hide supplies to sustain a large extended family through a long bitter war. He agonizes over his boys fighting on both sides, and over relatives that remain in the southeastern states of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. One evening, strangers stop at the farm, eat the family's supper, beat Samuel demanding that he hand over the money received for horses he sold, threaten to scalp Francis and kill the children, but he will not give them money. The next day Samuel and his two oldest daughters hide his money in green logs to keep it safe until after the war. He worries about the thousands of widows and orphans left without husbands and fathers, and former slaves left without homes and the education to prepare them for a life away from the plantation.

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Nancy Glenn Powell has six previously published books. The first three are based on her mother's life. Dark Secrets, (originally called Ollie's Angels) won first place in the 2010 Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Incorporated (OWFI) Mainstream Novel Contest. Angels for All won third place in the 2010 OWFI nonfiction category. It tells the story of an Arkansas farm family during the Great Depression. Listen for the Angels tells the hardships of a farm family during the drought years following the Great Depression. The Keepers Series--Whom Shall I Fear, Protecting the Innocent, and Pursued are inspirational suspense novels with a human trafficking theme. Nancy has also won several awards for short stories and poetry.Nancy grew up on an Arkansas farm with six sisters and one brother. She is married, the mother of two children, and is a member of the Church of Christ, River Valley Writers of Fort Smith, Roundtable Poets of Arkansas, and OWFI. She retired from the City of Fort Smith after 29 years as Traffic Coordinator.