New Firsthand Account of 2007 Alabaugh Fire, Cascade of Flames, Published by Outskirts Press
Hot Springs, SD, November 30, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Cascade of Flames by Mary Ellen Goulet. The author's most recent book to date is a 6 x 9 paperback in the local Midwest United States history category and is available worldwide on book retailer websites such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The webpage at www.outskirtspress.com/cascadeofflames was launched simultaneously with the book's publication.
At one minute to seven on the evening of July 7, 2007, after seven years of drought in the Southern Black Hills of South Dakota, lightning struck in Alabaugh Canyon, directly below a new development of twenty-seven homes on the top of the canyon.
The canyon was overgrown with tall grasses and brittle-dry ponderosa pines and cedar trees. Many of the homes were nestled among trees, with one-way, winding dirt roads exiting the area. Within hours the peaceful rural neighborhood was overtaken by raging, out-of-control flames. Homeowners fled through fire and smoke while volunteer, state and federal firefighters fought rampaging flames and, at times, ran for their lives.
Cascade of Flames tells the stories of firefighters and homeowners who lived through this disaster. Their firsthand accounts are starkly honest, frightening, gut wrenching, soul searching and hopeful. The author and her husband also fled the flames, in their case just minutes before their fire-resistant home disintegrated in the fire, shattering their dreams in one overwhelming night.
“Preserving history through the words of those who’ve lived it provides the most stirring and accurate account of any event—large or small. Cascade of Flames does just that.”
—Jim Kent, writer and columnist.
“A gripping account of the Alabaugh Fire that impacted so many lives -- detailed, personal, devastating. Reading this opened a whole world to me.”
—Marion Dane Bauer, author of the novel On My Honor, an American Library Association Newberry Honor Book.
281 pages in length, Cascade of Flames is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the local Midwest United States history category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Cascade of Flames meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $17.95.
Additionally, Cascade of Flames can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432762582
Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream
SRP: $17.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/cascadeofflames.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
At one minute to seven on the evening of July 7, 2007, after seven years of drought in the Southern Black Hills of South Dakota, lightning struck in Alabaugh Canyon, directly below a new development of twenty-seven homes on the top of the canyon.
The canyon was overgrown with tall grasses and brittle-dry ponderosa pines and cedar trees. Many of the homes were nestled among trees, with one-way, winding dirt roads exiting the area. Within hours the peaceful rural neighborhood was overtaken by raging, out-of-control flames. Homeowners fled through fire and smoke while volunteer, state and federal firefighters fought rampaging flames and, at times, ran for their lives.
Cascade of Flames tells the stories of firefighters and homeowners who lived through this disaster. Their firsthand accounts are starkly honest, frightening, gut wrenching, soul searching and hopeful. The author and her husband also fled the flames, in their case just minutes before their fire-resistant home disintegrated in the fire, shattering their dreams in one overwhelming night.
“Preserving history through the words of those who’ve lived it provides the most stirring and accurate account of any event—large or small. Cascade of Flames does just that.”
—Jim Kent, writer and columnist.
“A gripping account of the Alabaugh Fire that impacted so many lives -- detailed, personal, devastating. Reading this opened a whole world to me.”
—Marion Dane Bauer, author of the novel On My Honor, an American Library Association Newberry Honor Book.
281 pages in length, Cascade of Flames is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the local Midwest United States history category. With U.S. wholesale distribution through Ingram and Baker & Taylor, and pervasive online availability through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere, Cascade of Flames meets consumer demand through both retail and library markets with a suggested retail price of $17.95.
Additionally, Cascade of Flames can be ordered by retailers or wholesalers for the maximum trade discount price set by the author in quantities of ten or more from the Outskirts Press Direct bookstore at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore.
ISBN: 9781432762582
Format: 6 x 9 paperback cream
SRP: $17.95
For more information or to contact the author, visit www.outskirtspress.com/cascadeofflames.
About Outskirts Press, Inc.
Outskirts Press, Inc. offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press represents the future of book publishing, today.
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Outskirts Press, Inc., 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, Colorado 80134
http://outskirtspress.com 1-888-OP-BOOKS
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