A Cold War Love Story

"A Cold War Love Story" is comprised of a collection of letters that author Alan Fisk Jr's parents exchanged during their 50 year love story. Initially separated by 1,000 miles, and separated off and on again because of the demands of service in the United States Navy, the couple's relationship is thoroughly logged by the exchange of written words on post cards, interiors of books, and photographs.

"A Cold War Love Story" is comprised of a collection of letters that author Alan Fisk Jr's parents exchanged during their 50 year love story. Initially separated by 1,000 miles, and separated off and on again because of the demands of service in the United States Navy, the couple's relationship is thoroughly logged by the exchange of written words on post cards, interiors of books, and photographs. This endearing correspondence paints the portrait of a long distance relationship before the digital age. These human artifacts still carry the emotion that they were endowed with a lifetime ago, a testament to the devotion of two lovers.

Alan E. Fisk Jr. was born in 1964 into a United States Navy Family. His mom and dad were a very unlikely couple, having met while living 1,000 miles apart. The Navy brought them together in 1960. For most of his life his mom was a single parent as his dad was at sea half the year. They moved around the country staying in Colorado, California, Ohio, Connecticut, Virginia (several times), South Carolina, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Alan went to the University of Maryland and earned a Bachelor of Science degree. His professional career is in finance.