Robert Mcauley: 23 books

Youth crime is simultaneously a social problem and an intrinsic part of consumer culture: while images of gangs and gangsters are used to sell global commodities, young people not in work and education are labelled as antisocial and susceptible to crime. This book focuses on the lives of a...

Chapter I The Ulysses S. Grant Mission What 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...

What happens if Robert Fulton never made his famous trip up the Hudson River on his steamboat, The Clermont? New York would not be the great seaport she became welcoming hundreds of ships a day that carried goods from all over the world. The 1800 Club members discovered that Fulton had decided to...

Chapter 1 The Wright Brothers Mission What happens to the world of aviation if the Wright brothers are not the first to fly? Chances are very good that the French would have that honor and take over as the aviation leaders of the world. However, they would probably keep the flying to a selected few...

Chapter I The Captain Eddie Rickenbacker Mission World War 1 is almost over when suddenly Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s top ace, is shot down. With his loss goes his drive to make flying a safe, every day convenience by becoming president of American Airlines and later during WWII, was an...

Chapter 1 The Mark Twain Mission There is a tremendous explosion on a docked steamboat and the levees of New Orleans are destroyed. The city is flooded and a young Mark Twain vanishes in the muddy waters of the Mississippi River. Not only will the future generations never get to read some of his best...

Chapter I The President Lincoln Mission A 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,...

Chapter I The Titanic Mission When 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...

The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City’s frantic pace. Dressed in clothes their ancestors might have worn during the 1800s, members enjoy foods of the period and read periodicals featuring news of a particular date in 1865. However, the 1800 Club also has...

What was the P-51 named before becoming the Mustang? Which was the first Major League baseball team to buy their own aircraft? Who was the first woman helicopter pilot? What was the Constellation named before becoming the Connie? What U.S. bomber crashed into NY’s Empire State Building in 1945?...

Can a young man from New York City with a handicap limp live in a recently found, century old ghost town in the heart of the Nevada desert? Can he exchange New York's four seasons for the continuous heat of the area and trade the feel of City Street’s macadam for the gritty hot sand . . . and can...

The 1800 Club is a 21st Century haven for people seeking to escape New York City's frantic pace. Dressed in clothes their ancestors might have worn during the 1800s, members enjoy foods of the period and read periodicals featuring news of a particular date in 1865. However, the 1800 Club also has...

Chapter I The Great Britain Mission The Hawker Hurricane, one of the most famous British fighters of WWII was never designed and built stripping Great Britain of the needed help during the Battle of Britain and ensuring that they lost not only that battle but the war. Once the Royal Air Force was...

CHAPTER 1 When a time probes alerts the Time Watchers that, ‘Jack The Ripper’ is up to his old tricks again and his next victim is an ancestor of one of the bodyguards of President Ronald Reagan when there was an assassination attempt on his life, the club voted to act and stop him. Twist after...