A Rebel In Time

Author: Harry Harrison

Colonel McCulloch is a good old-fashioned white racist. Agent Troy Harmon, who is black, is supposed to find out what's going on when McCulloch becomes a murder suspect. McCulloch is head of security at a top secret research station near Washington. He is also taking a great interest in the period of the American Civil War, and has stockpiled a quarter of a million dollars in gold. When McCulloch disappears, Harmon discovers that the research station was conducting experiments in time-travel and he realizes that McCulloch plans to travel back to the time of the Civil War and alter history by providing the Confederacy victory through the introduction of the 'Sten' submachine gun; which had not yet been invented, but was well within the technological capabilities of the time. Only way to stop McCulloch: follow him, and brave the racial prejudices of that time. Why it's on the list: This is about trying to prevent anybody from changing a historical past. Interesting take on racism and how someone not used to it would cope.