inspired by GitHub issue #5874

Reporter: Wes McKinney / @wesm

Related issues:

• [C++] C++ array kernels framework and execution buildout (umbrella issue) (is a child of)
• [C++][Python] Large strings cause ArrowInvalid: offset overflow while concatenating arrays (is related to)
• [Python] combine_chunks fails on column of table, but does not error on table itself (is related to)

_{Note: This issue was originally created as ARROW-7245. Please see the migration documentation for further details.}