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New book: 'Sarah takes on Big Oil'

Alaska Dispatch
Oct 5, 2008
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Editors of Petroleum News, an Alaska oil and gas weekly, have hammered out a new book on Sarah Palin, believed to be only the second book written about the governor's political career.

Here's the press release:

"Sarah takes on Big Oil" is a book about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her battle with the state's three largest oil producers -- ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips.

A 216-page hardcover, "Sarah takes on Big Oil" is being released October 12, 2008 by PNA Publishing, an affiliate of Petroleum News, an independent news-driven weekly newspaper based in Anchorage, Alaska.

The authors, Kay Cashman and Kristen Nelson, are uniquely qualified to tell the story of Palin's dealings with the oil industry, and the unusual circumstances that bracketed her unprecedented rise to power.

Cashman, publisher and executive editor of Petroleum News, is a people person. She knows the people in Palin's story, and they know her as someone who can be trusted with sensitive information.

Nelson, editor-in-chief of Petroleum News, has a long record of covering the State of Alaska's interaction with the state's most lucrative industry.

Cashman and Nelson bring a perspective to Palin's story not available to general news reporters that makes for lively, but factual reading.
"Sarah takes on Big Oil" includes an 8-page color insert with photos of Alaska's oil industry by noted Alaska photographer Judy Patrick, a personal friend of Sarah Palin and Kay Cashman.

PRESS AVAILABILITIES: Photos of Cashman and Nelson, as well as photos of book collaborators Steve Sutherlin, Candice Ngo, and Amy Spittler are available on the book web site, www.sarahtakesonbigoil.com.


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Posted By: Trish Harren @ 10.07.2008 2:01 PM
My mom Kay Cashman is the co-author, and while this book lacks the entertainment value of SNL, it will provide facts and insight into a woman who has Americans, regardless of political persuasion, asking: “Who exactly is Sarah Palin?"
Posted By: Kathy @ 10.08.2008 11:12 AM
I don't know understand how SP could take on big oil and then allow BP to underwrite the cost of her inagural ball? I don't think she is to be trusted.
Posted By: Mary Archer @ 10.09.2008 4:47 PM
This has been planned since the indictment of Steven's. Cheney and Rove have target this woman to carry the water for more drilling in ANWR and TransCanada Pipeline. Why do think the Repubs are throwing everything out including the kitchen sink. The OIL and Canada's PM Steven Harper at Pentagon North.
Posted By: Marty S @ 10.11.2008 8:13 PM
Wow.. A book on the little woman.. Gotta love it.

In those 200+ pages, what info do you have about who really built and paid for her house?? There are all sorts of theories. Check out the mudflat blog for info!

If you have any info, let AKM know!

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