Edward Hackemer lived in Western New York for 55 years before retiring and moving to North Georgia; roughly halfway between Atlanta & North Carolina. His life experience includes nearly countless trans-Atlantic trips. Ed's employment history runs from paperboy, warehouseman, truck driver, to US Civil Service. He spent several years overseas, is a veteran of the US Army, and is happily married. Ed met his wife in Europe, and upon their relocation to the United States she became a proud, naturalized American citizen. (What a nice word naturalized is! It sounds so environment-friendly and organic!)Ed is currently enjoying retirement with his natural wife of 40+ years, son, daughter (in-law), and two (grand) daughters.During the writing of 'Sangria Sunsets', 'The Flying Phaeton', 'Dollar To Doughnut', 'A Bridge To Cross', 'The Katydid Effect' and 'In A Cream Packard' the author drew not only from personal experience and memories, but steeped himself in period music and culture: 1927 through 1967 rock and roll, blues, jazz, movies (silent & talkies!), television, and popular music as well as extensive research into history, contemporary mores, language, habits, lifestyle, retail products, services and prices. The stories are historically honest to the timeline of each of the Throckmorton family novels, with passing reference to relevant news and sports. Factoids, locations, and trivia within the books were carefully verified and dateline authenticated. To fill an informational void created by the Packard and Katydid stories, in January 2014 Ed finished the prequel to them, 'A Bridge to Cross', which is set during the Roaring Twenties. Next came 'Dollar to Doughnut', 'The Flying Phaeton' and 'Sangria Sunsets'. In 2018, Ed published 'Phryné Isn't French' following the life of Phryné Truffaut, the flamboyant flapper who was introduced in 'A Bridge to Cross'. One year later, 'Fables Foibles & Follies', a collection of seven tales based on a DNA test and an expanding family tree debuted. "Phryné Crossing". the sequel to "Phryné Isn't French" exited the word processor and paragraph parser in November 2021. You can find more at Goodreads.com and the author's website at http://move.edhackemer.info/Although the books are a series, each one can be enjoyed as a stand-alone story.The author hopes that readers will enjoy the stories as much as he enjoyed writing them. You can find more information, reviews, blog posts, 300+ ratings and reviews about Ed's books on Goodreads.Read more about this authorRead less about this author