New York City – Long Ago and Far Away

Writing about New York City in the 1920s sends me to a location 3,000 miles and nearly 100 years from my desk.  I’m not complaining. My research challenges are trivial compared to the tasks facing authors writing pre-historic fiction.  Still, when Jean M. Auel wrote Clan of the Cave Bear, it’s unlikely that anyone emailed her indignant that Ayla’s cave was on the wrong block or her haircut the wrong style.