This is an introduction discussing some overall features of the story happening here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First of all, I cannot include the usual disclaimer about “any resemblance to real persons is purely coincidental.” The protagonist\/narrator of this story shares my name, and is, conceptually, me — at least, me as I would have been had I been dropped into this life-threatening adventure in my mid-20s. All other *named* characters are purely fictional as per the usual disclaimer. Some characters who are never named, and do not actually appear in any scene, are also based on real people I knew 40 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Named *places*, on the other hand, are for the most part as authentic as I can make them after nearly 40 years for memory to fade. Some places are completely invented; this will be obvious if you try to find them on a map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will confess that I have jiggered the weather to suit the flow of the story. The weather as it appears in the story is *typical* of central New Jersey weather at the time of year stated, but it does not correspond to the actual weather in any particular year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
That said, let’s get on with the story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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