Gary Sundell
Gary Sundell asked James J. Cudney:

Scratching head about where AC and the follow-ups take place. I was born in Buffalo and a branch of my dad's family helped settle northern central PA. My dad was born in Jamestown, NY and after reading the first page or two to him he said "where?" 😁

James J. Cudney Hey Gary! Wharton County and Braxton are fictional. I lived in Pennsylvania and pulled from various experiences those year. Ultimately, I wanted to create a setting that had a little bit of everything (mountains, river, lake, farm, urban)... so I modeled parts of the towns after Bethlehem (where I went to college), and a bunch of small villages about 60 miles from the NY border in central PA.

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