I’d like to share this passage from Chapter 13, Blair and Mary’s love scene, then ask you a question.  “Mary melted. She kissed him back, reaching her arms around him. And gripping his coat. As they kissed, her grip became stronger and stronger. She clutched Blair with such urgency, such loneliness, that it touched Blair’s…

A reader e-mailed me and asked me this question: What were some of the slave codes you refer to? Were they local, state or federal laws? Did they have them in Arkansas? What is an example of a typical slave code?  One website describes it this way: In many parts of the South, slaves soon…

A reader e-mailed me and asked: Was the word cemetery really misspelled on the Bohannan Mountain Cemetery sign? The answer is yes – up until the day I first visited there in the early 1990s when I took this photo. When I mentioned it, Harrell Chancellor quickly repainted it and fixed the spelling.    …

  Let me ask you — what actors and actresses should appear in the “Freedom Song” movie that we all hope will someday be made? Who plays Henderson? Winnie? Kate? Mary? Nancy Green? Bo? Bakongo? Lycurgus Johnson? Lydia Johnson? I have some actors in mind, but first I want to hear from you! As far…