The Book
At the Crossroads of History
The Gumbottom Chronicles, Volume One is a completed, approximately 100,000-word work of adult historical fiction with crossover appeal to younger readers. Across twenty-six self-contained historical encounters, Professor Gumbottom finds himself at pivotal moments spanning centuries, continents, and cultures.
From the ancient world to the twentieth century, his unpredictable journeys bring him face to face with extraordinary people and defining moments in history.
Some of Gumbottom’s journeys include
Cleopatra • Pompeii • Joan of Arc • The Mongol Empire • The Boston Massacre • Harriet Tubman • Abraham Lincoln • Vincent van Gogh • The Wright Brothers • Titanic • World War One Christmas Truce • D-Day • Rosa Parks • The Cuban Missile Crisis
Famous Moments and Forgotten Stories
Each journey is as new to Professor Gumbottom as it is to the reader. He arrives with no knowledge of where or when he has appeared, who the people around him are, or what lies ahead. He must make sense of each new world and the events taking shape around him.
Sometimes an observer and sometimes a peripheral participant, Gumbottom cannot change the course of history, but his presence allows readers to experience it from an entirely different perspective, not simply as history that occurred, but as it happens to those who are living it.
Where Will He Appear Next?
No one can predict where he will appear next.
The human story is not one tale. It is millions of moments across history.
Experience many of those moments in The Gumbottom Chronicles.