Seamed Stockings In A Cream Packard

Entangled by circumstance, touched by kismet, and smitten by love, the separate lives of Maryanne Dahl and Alexander Throckmorton come together in the late spring of 1954. The tumultuous decade of the 1940s dramatically influenced their young lives. During adolescence, their fathers left to fight World War II on opposite sides of the globe never to return. Time goes on, the fabulous fifties begin, and they enter adulthood a world apart. Their story unfolds in the Fox River Valley of the Upper Midwest. Alex is a Navy veteran of the Korean War and Annie a young woman embarking on a life on her own. The sudden passing of Alex's mother results in their chance meeting inside a roadside diner in Appleton, Wisconsin. Alex and Annie fall deeply in love and set out on an intimate honeymoon adventure of elusive mystery and unforeseen misfortunes. Seamed Stockings in a Cream Packardis an enigmatic adventure and nostalgic romance presented as a road trip through time. Alex and Annie's travels along two-lane blacktop uncover the forces and events that steer their lives. It drives a tale of two young people living and learning about life, love, and each other. During their journey, they meet colorful characters, witness varied life-styles, and strengthen the bond between them. Told in the contemporary context of 1954, it is a real-time, retro ride on the Hillbilly Highway, US Route 23. Edward R Hackemer, Seamed Stockings in a Cream Packard - 2011 "Life doesn't happen along the interstates. It's against the law." William Least Heat-Moon, Blue Highways - 1978 "Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. From the Interstate, America is all steel guardrails and plastic signs, and every place looks and feels and sounds and smells like every other place." Charles Kuralt, On the Road with Charles Kuralt - 1985