Time Travel Adventures of the 1800 Club Series by Robert McAuley, Robert P. McAuley

Chapter I The President Lincoln MissionA probe sent back to record the Gettysburg Address makes a startling discovery: President Lincoln never makes it! The great man came down with a deep depression and could not leave his room. The 1800 club must send someone back in time to correct this problem, and club member William Scott is selected. He is let in on the club’s secret; its ability to time travel and after completing the mission is offered the job of President of the 1800 Club... moreChapter I The President Lincoln MissionA probe sent back to record the Gettysburg Address makes a startling discovery: President Lincoln never makes it! The great man came down with a deep depression and could not leave his room. The 1800 club must send someone back in time to correct this problem, and club member William Scott is selected. He is let in on the club’s secret; its ability to time travel and after completing the mission is offered the job of President of the 1800 Club. The mission taught him that going back in time is not always a lark as the people of the past had the same likes and dislikes as us and more than one could be dangerous as he found out himself.Chapter II The Teddy Roosevelt MissionWhat if the charge up San Juan Hill didn’t take place in the Spanish/American War? What if Teddy Roosevelt was not the swash-buckling man the world of today knows and never ran for president? History would take a different course and the world would be a different place. For one, more men would die in the Spanish/American War because he prolonged the conflict by not charging the hill. The dead men’s lives get cut short and they have no children to carry their names. Artists, teachers, doctors and ordinary family men that would have been in their lineage are never to be. Once again a club member must go back in time and fix the glitch. Finding out that one of Roosevelt’s closest friends and advisors was Bat Masterson, our time traveling club member must first make sure that they meet. This entails that he must travel to the Wild West. less

The 1800 Club was a haven created to serve people seeking a brief escape from the frantic pace of life in New York City during the 2000s. For a yearly fee, a club member could dress in the styles of clothing their ancestors wore in the 1800s, eat the same food prepared the way it was then and read periodicals containing news of that particular date in 1865. The 1800 Club had only one hard-and-fast rule: while inside clubrooms, each member must “not speak out of club time... moreThe 1800 Club was a haven created to serve people seeking a brief escape from the frantic pace of life in New York City during the 2000s. For a yearly fee, a club member could dress in the styles of clothing their ancestors wore in the 1800s, eat the same food prepared the way it was then and read periodicals containing news of that particular date in 1865. The 1800 Club had only one hard-and-fast rule: while inside clubrooms, each member must “not speak out of club time.” In other words, members were to speak only of items that existed and events that had occurred up to that date in 1865. However, members were typically not privy to a powerful secret: The club had been started by people from the future. The only current-generation person knowing the secret was Bill Scott, the 1800 Club's president. As briefed by the outgoing club president, Prescott Stevens, key people from the future routinely sent probes back in time to ensure certain historical figures performed exactly as the history books subsequently recorded. These guardians-of-the-future discovered that, at times, historical figures strayed from the tasks, decisions and actions history had assigned to them. In these cases, the future "Time Watchers" found it necessary to return to a past age and nudge historical figures back on track, but without the figures knowing their actions were being guided and influenced. However, in the decades after 2011, the Earth’s environment had been very effectively cleansed, and future-dwellers could not tolerate breathing the polluted air of the past. Breathing, for citizens of the future, was extremely laborious, overtaxing their cardiopulmonary systems. Consequently, they established The 1800 Club to attract potential time travelers, who would not be unduly inconvenienced by poor air and water quality, and could function well in a long-gone age. As a regular member of the club, Bill Scott was eventually selected for a critical visit to the past. He briefly served as President Abraham Lincoln’s substitute, and completed his mission successfully by giving the Gettysburg Address. As a result, he was offered the club's presidency. Prescott Stevens retired to 1863, where he had originated, and Bill assumed responsibility for "fixing" unacceptable past disruptions as the Time Watchers discovered them. He also identified club members who might be called upon to assist him on missions that required specific knowledge and skills. Each of the book's ten chapters tackles a glitch in time identified by a time probe deployed by the "Time Watchers. In turn, Bill Scott, the 1800 Club president, is given specific missions to the past. Scott scrutinizes club members' bios and resumes to determine whom he might send back in time to nudge history back on track. In this book, Mark Twain dies in a huge explosion that destroys New Orleans and in the second chapter Ronald Reagan is never born and the Soviets take over. In both chapters the members of the 1800 Club must address the missions and make sure history is set straight. less

The 1800 Club was a haven created to serve people seeking a brief escape from the frantic pace of life in New York City during the 2000s. For a yearly fee, a club member could dress in the styles of clothing their ancestors wore in the 1800s, eat the same food prepared the way it was then and read periodicals containing news of that particular date in 1865. The 1800 Club had only one hard-and-fast rule: while inside clubrooms, each member must “not speak out of club time... moreThe 1800 Club was a haven created to serve people seeking a brief escape from the frantic pace of life in New York City during the 2000s. For a yearly fee, a club member could dress in the styles of clothing their ancestors wore in the 1800s, eat the same food prepared the way it was then and read periodicals containing news of that particular date in 1865. The 1800 Club had only one hard-and-fast rule: while inside clubrooms, each member must “not speak out of club time.” In other words, members were to speak only of items that existed and events that had occurred up to that date in 1865. However, members were typically not privy to a powerful secret: The club had been started by people from the future. The only current-generation person knowing the secret was Bill Scott, the 1800 Club's president. As briefed by the outgoing club president, Prescott Stevens, key people from the future routinely sent probes back in time to ensure certain historical figures performed exactly as the history books subsequently recorded. These guardians-of-the-future discovered that, at times, historical figures strayed from the tasks, decisions and actions history had assigned to them. In these cases, the future "Time Watchers" found it necessary to return to a past age and nudge historical figures back on track, but without the figures knowing their actions were being guided and influenced. However, in the decades after 2011, the Earth’s environment had been very effectively cleansed, and future-dwellers could not tolerate breathing the polluted air of the past. Breathing, for citizens of the future, was extremely laborious, overtaxing their cardiopulmonary systems. Consequently, they established The 1800 Club to attract potential time travelers, who would not be unduly inconvenienced by poor air and water quality, and could function well in a long-gone age. As a regular member of the club, Bill Scott was eventually selected for a critical visit to the past. He briefly served as President Abraham Lincoln’s substitute, and completed his mission successfully by giving the Gettysburg Address. As a result, he was offered the club's presidency. Prescott Stevens retired to 1863, where he had originated, and Bill assumed responsibility for "fixing" unacceptable past disruptions as the Time Watchers discovered them. He also identified club members who might be called upon to assist him on missions that required specific knowledge and skills. Each of the book's ten chapters tackles a glitch in time identified by a time probe deployed by the "Time Watchers. In turn, Bill Scott, the 1800 Club president, is given specific missions to the past. Scott scrutinizes club members' bios and resumes to determine whom he might send back in time to nudge history back on track. In this book, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, top U.S. Ace of WW1, is shot down and killed leaving a huge hole in the aviation industry for years to come and world famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart completes the around the world trip that history says she died on. Her return creates havoc in the time stream and the club must go back and fix it without killing her. less

Chapter I The Ulysses S. Grant MissionWhat would happen if the Confederate Forces captured General Ulysses S. Grant? First off, he was the best general the Union Forces had and that could open the way for the North to lose the war. Secondly, he would never have become President of the United States of America, as he would not have been the hero he was. And with the Confederacy winning the war, Great Britain might have entered the war on their side... moreChapter I The Ulysses S. Grant MissionWhat would happen if the Confederate Forces captured General Ulysses S. Grant? First off, he was the best general the Union Forces had and that could open the way for the North to lose the war. Secondly, he would never have become President of the United States of America, as he would not have been the hero he was. And with the Confederacy winning the war, Great Britain might have entered the war on their side. This would have split America up forever ensuring that neither would become a super power and after awhile Japan would be the real power in the Pacific. The club sends Robert Andrews, a world-class balloonist and hang glider to prevent this from happening. After a long train and boat ride with Union Forces he finally gets to the General when things quickly go wrong. With the help of Angie Verdi, a pretty seamstress and volunteer nurse, Robert chooses to use technology from our time to complete the mission. Chapter II The Civil War Spirit MissionWhy would a Union soldier’s spirit linger around the battlefield for a few hundred years? This question was answered by a special mission back to the time of the Civil War by one of the Time Watchers group, Fred Wiatre. As a club member he dresses like his ancestor did, a Captain in the Union Army and easily enters the camp where Trooper Ponds, the future ghost, is alive and well. His mission: To find the reason that Trooper Ponds stays around after he’s killed. less

Chapter I The Titanic MissionWhen a probe sent back by the Time Watchers group sees that the iceberg which the Titanic hit, was spotted later than it actually was, the group knew that the loss of life would be more horrific than it actually was. Knowing that someone had to go back and alert the lookouts sooner, it became apparent that the time traveler must be a woman to increase her chances of surviving by getting a seat in a lifeboat... moreChapter I The Titanic MissionWhen a probe sent back by the Time Watchers group sees that the iceberg which the Titanic hit, was spotted later than it actually was, the group knew that the loss of life would be more horrific than it actually was. Knowing that someone had to go back and alert the lookouts sooner, it became apparent that the time traveler must be a woman to increase her chances of surviving by getting a seat in a lifeboat. Debby Fisher, an expert SCUBA diver, is asked to take on this mission. However, things go wrong fast and she must adapt in order to survive along with a passenger who had survived the original sinking.Chapter II The Gold Rush MissionCalifornia was a small port with a small population and nothing on the horizon until gold was discovered there. However, a time probe sent back to record that moment saw that the gold nugget was overlooked and the gold rush never took place. This kept the huge flow of migrants from China, Ireland and all of the other countries from entering California, keeping it a third rate state rather than the great state she became with the gold rush. Whoever the 1800 club sends back to that time period will have to face the many hardships of traveling across the early country, so they elect to send back a direct descendant of an American Indian. The prejudice against anyone not of their color does not make it easy for the time traveler to make sure the gold is discovered as history said it was. Along the way he befriends a few future champions of the law. less

Chapter 1 When one of the Time Watchers of the future finds out that he has inherited a huge fortune, he decides to give it all to third world hospitals. However, it has been lost for centuries and is buried somewhere in Transylvania. Chapter 2 Italy is about to change world history by signing a separate peace pact with the German war machine of World War One, which could have caused France and Great Britain to lose the war.

Chapter 1: The Nellie Bly Mission. When Nellie Bly disappears on a short sailing trip, Bill Scott, the president of the 1800 Club, goes back to rescue her and disappears as well. It takes a group effort from the people of the future and the members of the 1800 Club to locate them and the deadly vessel that saved them from a watery grave.Chapter II: The Mona Lisa Mission... moreChapter 1: The Nellie Bly Mission. When Nellie Bly disappears on a short sailing trip, Bill Scott, the president of the 1800 Club, goes back to rescue her and disappears as well. It takes a group effort from the people of the future and the members of the 1800 Club to locate them and the deadly vessel that saved them from a watery grave.Chapter II: The Mona Lisa Mission.A casual story over a cup of tea starts the 1800 Club on a wild hunt to retrieve the painting from the past and return it to the Louvre.On Line: Bill and Shirley, Time Travelers. Dear reader, once again Bill Scott and Shirley Holmes reunite and, as it is their private story with nothing to do with a club mission, I’ve placed it on line at no cost to you. The link follows the second chapter. less