S. L. Stoner

Slow Burn (Sage Adair Historical Mysteries, #7) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Slow Burn had its impetus in a one-paragraph, 1903 news article, reporting that the city council had voted to plank or gravel Powell Blvd and Milwaukie Ave. after being warned by the Fire Insurance Underwriter's Board that the city's continued failure to make the two roads passable during wet weather would result in all structures in that area being uninsurable. This organization's impact in this instance triggered the author's research into both the firefighters' working conditions and the Underwriter's Board.

Slow Burn's release, on June 26, 2018, marked the 105th David Campbell memorial service at Portland's Firefighters' Memorial Park on Portland's West Burnside. Campbell, Portland's most beloved fire chief, was killed in 1911 during a Standard Oil tank fire on the city's east side. He was the first to enter the building, intent on insuring it was safe for his firefighter crew to enter. This seventh book in the award-winning Sage Adair historical mystery series features Campbell and the firefighters he died to protect. Interwoven within this tale of courage and sacrifice is the equally compelling story of how Portland's black community addressed the growing racism of the nation's post-reconstruction era.

Ordered to a mysterious late night meeting Sage Adair is suddenly thrust onto firefighting's front lines and into the lives of Portland's firefighters. Concerned by the reality of early 1900's firefighting, Sage is soon hunting the arsonist who is burning down the city and framing innocent men for his crimes. Relying on original source material, contemporary news reports and firsthand accounts, this is an accurate portrayal of the lives of Portland's firefighters at the turn of the 20th century as well as a depiction of the black community's resilience in the face of that era's rising racism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: S. L. Stoner
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798223704645
• Artikelnr.: 68545696

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Author Biography

Author Susan Stoner, writing as S.L. Stoner, is a native Oregonian who was a labor union lawyer for many years. Like that of her series hero, Sage Adair, Stoner's life has tended toward the adventurous. She's worked in skid road bars, Las Vegas casinos, free clinics, as a prisoners' advocate, psychology center videographer and federal judge's intern. Besides living in Portland, Oregon, Susan has also lived in a forest lean-to, a Sikh home in Singapore, alongside an alligator-infested Louisiana bayou, inside a sweltering Las Vegas tent, in a camper atop a '65 International pick-up truck as well as in a variety of more traditional Houston, Texas, abodes. She was a participant in Portland's original neighborhood movement and has since been involved in citizen activism, like filing and winning a lawsuit to preserve Portland's soon-to-be destroyed historical open reservoirs (one of those "win the battle, lose the war" experiences). She lives with her husband and two dogs in Southeast Portland when they are not traveling or hanging out in the great Cascade range forests. One of her passions is historical research, particularly that involving original source material. She is currently working on the tenth book in the award-winning Sage Adair Historical Mystery series as well as on the first book of a yet-to-be-named new series.