Jen Lowry Writes

It was such a blessing to meet Ed Davis, the author of The Last  Professional (Releasing January 25, 2022)! The constraints of the past  year and a half have stirred up feelings of wanderlust for many. But before the current boom in "van life" and nomadic living, Northern  California author and Missouri native Ed Davis rode the rails – hopping box cars and freight trains - from Reno to Vancouver, through the  Sierras and up and down the Golden State. As a young man he lived on $5 a day, working as a carny and sleeping under the same bridge  Kerouac once did.  He and his friends, the "knights of the road"  experienced a world that no longer exists. An Instagram life before there was ever such a thing. These tracks across the country eventually led Ed to become a successful businessman, a champion discus thrower,  and a loving husband to his wife Jan. From this uniquely American experience, Davis brings us his latest book—The Last Professional—a tale of two men linked b