I have enjoyed reading stories by Howard Faxon. The stories, in first person, seem to contain a lot of information about how-to stuff. All of that is pretty much a mystery to me, and I have been assuming that the author knows what he's talking about.
Is it accurate?
I reviewed five of his stories. I didn't see anything wrong with his information on how to do things.
"Howard Faxon: Profile
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I'm an older re-enactor. I do network security, SQL maintenance and help manage a computer network for a living. I'm single and live about 50 miles west of Chicago in the Fox Valley area of northern Illinois. The place names in the apocalyptic stories are real. I've lived on a farm near Birnamwood, WI, flown a kite from Logan Pass in Glacier National Park and been a competitive cowboy action shooter named Kerosene Bob.
Howard Faxon passed away on March 30, 2018."
At a minimum, he was a good researcher. I recognize several of the books in question by how the information was presented.
The OP question was:
I have been assuming that the author knows what he's talking about.
Is it accurate?
Just reading a book doesn't mean you know what your talking about in practice.
https://storiesonline.net/s/67646/the-great-escape
That was the most recent story I've read by him.
It stretched believability for me. Especially for the settings.
Tennessee has a lot of farming areas, but none that fit his description in the Knoxville area. His description of how he used the river water in TVA areas would also get someone arrested if they tried to enact it.
The theory was sound, but it was only theory.
