"Dark Clouds Over Alabama" Now Available for Kindle, Nook, iPad and other e-Readers

CONWAY, Ark. - May 24, 2013 - PRLog -- Dark Clouds Over Alabama is a powerful love story set in the Old South. The story takes place in 1853 at Twin Oaks Plantation in central Alabama. The Civil War is still years off, but the struggles over the immorality of slavery have long been an issue.

Twenty-one-year-old Obadiah Bradford’s life is changed forever when he accompanies his father to purchase a new household servant in nearby Selma. The young man is deeply affected by his immediate attraction and intense feelings for Penelope, the beautiful mulatto daughter of his family’s new slave. This is the story of his forbidden love for Penelope and how he overcomes every challenge by adhering to his deep faith in God.

The book combines fact and fiction. In an interview with the Prattville Progress newspaper in Prattville, Alabama, Arkansas author Carl J. Barger said he became fascinated with this area after uncovering some of its history during a search for the owners of several slaves who were a client’s ancestors. Prattville founder Daniel Pratt, a slave owner who reportedly treated his slaves well, is one of the characters in the book, and the relationship between the fictitious plantation family, the Bradfords, and their slaves is based on that of Pratt and his workers.

The book’s release coincides with the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the release of the movie “Lincoln.” Relive a fascinating part of American history in Dark Clouds Over Alabama.

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DARK CLOUDS OVER ALABAMA: A STORY OF STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPH IN THE OLD SOUTH (Kindle ISBN: 978-1-62212-361-2, ePub ISBN: 978-1-61897-368-9) is available for $9.99at:
Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Clouds-Over-Alabama-ebook/dp/B...
Barnes & Noble Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-clouds-over-alabama-...
and in multi-formats for other e-Readers through numerous vendors online.

The soft cover  version (ISBN: 978-1-62516-012-6) can also be ordered for $20.50 through the publisher’s website:
sbpra.com/CarlJBarger or at www.amazon.com or http://search.barnesandnoble.com.

WHOLESALERS: This book is distributed by Ingram Books and other wholesale distributors. Contact your representative with the ISBN for purchase. Wholesale purchase for retailers, universities, libraries, and other organizations is also available through the publisher; please email bookorder@aeg-online-store.com.

About the Author: Carl J. Barger grew up in the Ozark Mountains of Cleburne County, Arkansas, one of 11 children of migrant workers. After graduating college, he coached high school basketball for five years and then spent 33 years as a public school superintendent. He has authored three books: Swords and Plowshares, Mamie: An Ozark Mountain Girl of Courage, and Cleburne County and its People. Now retired, he resides in Conway, Arkansas, with Lena, his wife of 48 years.

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