Episode 2081: DOWN AND DIRTY DOWN SOUTH: POLITICS AND THE ART OF REVENGE by Roger Glasgow - a podcast by Ric Bratton

DOWN AND DIRTY DOWN SOUTH: POLITICS AND THE ART OF REVENGE by Roger Glasgow

Returning from a vacation trip to Mexico, Little Rock attorney Roger Glasgow and his wife got the surprise of their lives when they were stopped at the border crossing. Guards ordered them out of their car and began to remove the back seat. What followed was a long nightmare of political intrigue and subterfuge that led all the way back to Arkansas and its capital city.
While pursuing a race for prosecuting attorney in the 1970s, Glasgow had run afoul of the local political machine.

The machine later decided to teach Glasgow a lesson even though he’d lost the race. Down and Dirty Down South is Glasgow’s story of how he attempted to clear his name and also track down the people who had him setup for charges of smuggling illegal drugs into the United States.

Glasgow’s book is a microcosm of what it means to challenge the tyranny sometimes found in local politics, with its secret deals and insider power.

Roger Glasgow was raised on a small farm near Nashville, Arkansas. He received his bachelor of science degree in history and political science in 1965 from what is now Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and his juris doctor from the university of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville in 1969.

He entered private practice in Nashville for a few years and also served as deputy prosecutor. Glasgow was elected as a delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1969. He then moved to Little Rock, where he was a deputy attorney general before he ran for Prosecuting attorney, finishing second in a field of four. He reentered private law practice with the Little Rock firm of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, where he enjoyed a successful 50-year career as a trial lawyer.

Upon retirement, he turned to writing. Down and Dirty Down South: Politics and the Art of Revenge was his first book, a memoir published in 2016. It received an “Arkansas Gem” award from the Arkansas Library Association. His second book, Broadsword, a Novel of Love Amidst the Chaos, published in January 2020 was his debut novel.
https://www.amazon.com/Down-Dirty-South-Robert-Glasgow/dp/1952182271/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9781952182273&qid=1612835743&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR2Xaxx3hH5DVitcKA3BuFd2PzRHj5lU1XtIZvBm8VjNR-ehUl9OsDqHZs8
http://www.bluefunkbroadcasting.com/root/twia/robglasgowamg.mp3

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