“But you can go farther back, Fritz,” Ashley said.
“Call it a feeling, Ash. I think the wave is about to reach the shore. I don’t think the portal will open to Robert E. Lee again. Almost every time I’ve been to see him in his office, time had passed. A little later, a few days, a few weeks. But later.”
“Fritz, Robert E. Lee has been dead for a hundred and fifty years,” said his father. “Meeting him tonight was fascinating. But I came to see the living, my family.”
“Dad, I’m glad you came back because tonight you saw Robert E. Lee, alive again. He was real. As real as we are.”
Quieter than Fritz had ever heard him speak, Al said, “Fritz, Linda, thank you for allowing me to be part of tonight. I hope you’re wrong, Fritz. I can see he means a lot to you. I wish I had your passion for teaching.”
“You do, Al,” said Ashley, stealing what he suspected would be Fritz’s words. Then Fritz smiled. At them all.
“FRITZ, LOOK at this.” Linda handed him a gold coin. “Dated 1868. He must have dropped it when he said goodbye.”
“He didn’t drop it. He gave TJ a gift.”
THE HOLIDAYS came on quickly, each day more difficult than the one before. Fritz wondered who complained more, the kids or the teachers. School ended two days before Christmas. Ashley rented a Santa costume and wore it all day. George didn’t recognize him. Fritz handed out candy canes. On Christmas Eve, George and Lois flew west to see their grandchildren.
On Christmas morning, Linda and Fritz sat together in the family room, sipping coffee and relaxing. TJ slept in the crib in the corner. The tree glittered. They were watching “It’s A Wonderful Life,” and an angel got its wings just as the phone rang. They expected calls from friends and family, but not the White House.
“Merry Christmas, Mr. President.”
Book One of the Quantum Touch Series
Time travel is real, of that, Fritz Russell was certain. He’d just done it. Meeting Robert E. Lee was fascinating, but witnessing the Triangle Fire with his class was scary. His job was to teach, not participate in, events long past. His classroom door had become a portal to the past and a tunnel through the present. How did it happen? Can he control it? Is he changing history? When he walked into the Oval Office, he had no idea how his life would change.
With his wife and his friends, Fritz investigates the mysteries of time travel and the power of the portal, while the nation’s security apparatus gears up.
Can they find the answers in time?
Book Two of the Quantum Touch Series
How do you say no to the President of the United States when he’s asked you to stop a nuclear war?
After Fritz Russell discovered his classroom door was a portal through space and time, he helped the United States resolve a foreign policy emergency. Now the president wants him to use the portal to avert the threat coming from a Middle Eastern nation that is on the verge of developing nuclear weapons.
For a history teacher, travel to the past is entertaining, enlightening, and a great way to engage students. But Fritz hasn’t learned all the portal’s secrets. Could others put the world in danger by forcing him to use what he doesn’t even understand? If he uses it to help the president, there might be a war. But if he says no, he will be permitting his family, friends, and the world to remain in great danger.
Should Fritz agree to be the heart of the US operation? And if he does, is there enough time for him to learn all he needs to know about the mysteries of the portal?
Reflections on a Generous Generation tells the story of a generation of Americans who created the richest, most powerful and most successful nation in world history, as seen through the life of a remarkable man. A soldier, businessman, student, teacher, inventor, world traveler, volunteer, Murray Stern was truly a participant in the world in which he lived.
If you appreciate history or teach history, if you know someone who lived through the Depression and World War II, this remarkable story shares the life and times of those who lived the journey.
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