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Brookhaven: a novel
In 1915, young reporter Elizabeth Putnam of the New York World is assigned a story on the Gray Wisp. New information has come to light about this Confederate spy in the Civil War, a figure of legend, myth, and wildly competing claims.
What no one knows is the man’s identity.
The reporter follows leads which eventually bring her to the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven. The Wisp agrees to tell his story, a tale of North and South, loss in wartime, narrow escapes from death in battles, family survival, the poetry of Longfellow, and love. And Elizabeth soon finds her own story has forever become part of the Gray Wisp’s.
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About the Author
Glynn Young is the author of Poetry at Work and The Dancing Priest series. He is a long-time editor at Tweetspeak Poetry and a retired speech writer who spent much of his professional life at a Fortune 500 company. Brookhaven was inspired by his own family stories of an ancestor—a teen who walked the many miles home after his long, hard days in the Civil War, only to discover that his family was no longer there.
What no one knows is the man’s identity.
The reporter follows leads which eventually bring her to the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven. The Wisp agrees to tell his story, a tale of North and South, loss in wartime, narrow escapes from death in battles, family survival, the poetry of Longfellow, and love. And Elizabeth soon finds her own story has forever become part of the Gray Wisp’s.
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About the Author
Glynn Young is the author of Poetry at Work and The Dancing Priest series. He is a long-time editor at Tweetspeak Poetry and a retired speech writer who spent much of his professional life at a Fortune 500 company. Brookhaven was inspired by his own family stories of an ancestor—a teen who walked the many miles home after his long, hard days in the Civil War, only to discover that his family was no longer there.
364 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 10, 2024
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Glynn Young
12 books22 followersGlynn is an award winning speechwriter and communications professional. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the Public Relation Relations Society of America and was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame in 2009. He received his B.A. in Journalism from Louisiana State University and his Masters in Liberal Arts from Washington University in St. Louis.
He is the author of five novels in the Dancing Priest series -- Dancing Priest, A Light Shining, Dancing King, Dancing Prophet, and Dancing Prince -- and the non-fiction book Poetry at Work. He serves as an editor at Tweetspeak Poetry (http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com) and writes a weekly column on new poets, old poets, and literature.
He is the author of five novels in the Dancing Priest series -- Dancing Priest, A Light Shining, Dancing King, Dancing Prophet, and Dancing Prince -- and the non-fiction book Poetry at Work. He serves as an editor at Tweetspeak Poetry (http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com) and writes a weekly column on new poets, old poets, and literature.
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