Joel Fletcher writes out of a fifth generation Georgia background. He is the author of one fictionalized memoir of his growing up years in the Atlanta, Georgia area and numerous historical articles...view moreJoel Fletcher writes out of a fifth generation Georgia background. He is the author of one fictionalized memoir of his growing up years in the Atlanta, Georgia area and numerous historical articles about Georgia. The name of that novel is The Great Atlanta Bike Race of 1948.
The Chattahoochee river flows through Atlanta and the author uses it as a reference point for these eight stories, all of which feature the river where honeysuckle grows in profusion.
The stories begin in 1862 and move forward to the present.view less