The Bleak December

Sweeping tale of the tragic Winecoff Hotel Fire, which killed 119 people on December 7, 1946. In 1938, an Atlanta firefighter saved the life of a seven year old girl. After World War II, the now sixteen year of girl visits him in Atlanta and he must find a way to save her life again during the Winecoff Hotel tragedy. The novel deals explicitly with the worst hotel fire in American history and the fate of some of the people who were actually in the Winecoff on that December morning in 1946.Dave Kelly is the author of three books and lives in Marietta, GA.