Project Gutenberg 2010-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 73 Smith, George H. (George Henry) 1922 1996 Smith, George Henry Smith, Jan Palais, Rudolph Palais, Rudi The Ordeal of Colonel Johns Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ordeal of Colonel Johns" by George H. Smith is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The story blends historical elements with speculative concepts, focusing on the experiences of a Revolutionary War hero who unexpectedly meets his modern descendant. The likely topic revolves around the intersection of history and family legacy, exploring themes of identity and the impact of past actions on the present. In this engaging narrative, the protagonist, Clark Decker, assists Professor MacCulloch in demonstrating an innovative invention known as the historical Reintegrator, which reconstructs historical figures from the past. During a convention of the Patriot Daughters of America, Colonel Peter Johns is brought forth, only to find himself confused and astonished by the modern world and his great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Rebecca Johns-Hayes. As the Colonel grapples with his legacy and the reality of being a historical figure, he becomes increasingly disillusioned by the values of contemporary society, ultimately deciding to return to his own time, leaving behind a poignant commentary on the evolution of ideals and heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32688/32688-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 47120 47129 2024-09-14T04:12:40.777276 2023-09-14T09:09:32.533869 text/html text/html 43176 2010-06-04T11:06:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 122581 2010-06-04T11:06:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 121997 2024-09-14T04:12:42.494196 application/epub+zip 121023 2024-09-14T04:12:41.118241 application/epub+zip 60738 2024-09-14T04:12:40.929251 application/epub+zip 157439 2024-09-14T04:12:43.797219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150148 2024-09-14T04:12:42.309195 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90435 2022-09-15T05:50:08.443366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40604 40501 2024-09-14T04:12:40.663288 2023-09-14T09:09:32.428849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 40429 2010-06-04T11:06:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15174 2010-06-04T11:06:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19272 2024-09-14T04:12:43.929211 application/rdf+xml 27384 2024-09-14T04:12:40.998220 image/jpeg 4637 2024-09-14T04:12:40.963197 image/jpeg 126178 2024-09-14T04:12:40.793247 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia