Mr. Herbst, born in 1935, started writing late in life. After a difficult five-year divorce he moved to Perry, Florida in 1984. In 1985, he started writing for the local Perry, Florida newspaper. Mr. Herbst wrote a weekly column for the newspaper for about two years. Shortly thereafter he published a book called The View From The End Of Blue Rooster Road. It was a collection of the light humor stories published in the TACO Times (Taylor County Times) and Perry News Herald. In 1992 Mr. Herbst bought Perry Office Supply and continued writing in his spare time. The result of this effort is the bo...