Virtual Program

In a Blaze of fire: A true story of the horrific event that devasted the Adirondack Mountain town called Long Lake West and the survivors who witnessed it. Step into the late 1800s, when a lone rider from Brandreth Lake enters the emerging settlement of Long Lake West—a remote Adirondack outpost with few roads, looming dangers, and a new railroad station that promises to transform the isolated wilderness, bringing opportunity, newcomers, and dramatic change to the lives of everyone who calls it home. Through the lives of the real people who dared to build a community in the wilderness, Huntley reveals bold personalities, powerful relationships, and villagers bound together by fierce weather, their children, and an unbreakable will to survive.

About the Author:

Gail Huntley is an author, English teacher, assistant professor, playwright, and director known for writing and directing historical plays for Hamilton County, Long Lake, New York, and several organizations in Virginia. She has written and published seven books, several newspaper articles, and poems She has camped and hiked throughout the Adirondacks, California, and the Scottish Highlands. She is an adventurer who has walked on fire, climbed boulders, and raised two boys. She is retired and splits her time between her cabin in the Adirondacks and her place near her sons and grandchildren in Virginia.