title: Alive!: Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People Who Survived Deadly Tornadoes, Avalanches, Shipwrecks and More!
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to
  be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locations,
  organizations, or person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
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  **World Castle Publishing, LLC**
  
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  Copyright © Kathi S. Barton 2015
  
  Hardback ISBN: 9781629892368
  
  Print ISBN: 9781629892375
  
  eBook ISBN: 9781629892382
  
  First Edition World Castle Publishing, LLC April 3, 2015
  
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   **Licensing Notes**
  
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  Cover: Karen Fuller
  
  Cover Model:Nick Defilippis
  
  Photographer: Xie4to-graphy
  
  Editor: Eric Johnston
  
  Editor: Maxine Brin