The Great Atlanta Bike Race of 1948

About the Book

About the Author

Joel Franklin Fletcher is a sixth generation Georgian and an Atlanta native. He has had numerous history articles published in The Atlanta Journal, other state newspapers and magazines. He is retired from a forty-two year insurance career and from a second career as a wedding and portrait photographer. He and his wife of fifty years, Mary Jean, live in Rome, Georgia with their two yellow labs. Joel is an active member of The Georgia State Defense Force. "The Great Atlanta Bike Race Of 1948" is his first novel. In the author's words --"I was blessed to grow up in an idyllic setting and at an exciting time. This story of youthful adventure, and what I hope is universal appeal for all ages, attempts to re-capture that wonderful time and place of the 1940's -- now gone. I hope my readers enjoy reading it as much as I did remembering and writing the story of Punk Worthy and his friends.