The tunnel thru the air: or, Looking back from 1940

About this book

The work is a speculative narrative that blends religious reflection with an imagined future conflict. It opens with a didactic preface urging the reader to revisit the text repeatedly, promising deeper insight, biblical connections, and a path to “eternal Truth.” From there the story launches into the early life of Robert Gordon, a child born in 1906 on a Texas farm, whose upbringing is steeped in Scripture, family war memories, and a yearning to “meet the Lord in the air.” The opening chapters lay out his mother’s biblical instruction, his father’s veteran background, and a series of local legends that together set the stage for a tale of war, prophecy, and the possibility of a literal tunnel through the sky.

The prose reflects the earnest, sermon‑like tone of early twentieth‑century American pulp, with a voice that oscillates between devotional essay and straightforward storytelling. Readers who enjoy period pieces that fuse spiritual discourse with imagined battles, especially those intrigued by the intersection of faith, prophecy, and early science‑fiction tropes, will find the novel’s earnestness and historical flavor engaging.

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You will read it the first time because you are interested in the love story and for amusement. This will create a desire to read it a second time for instruction and knowledge. The second reading will unfold some of the hidden meanings and you will gain knowledge thru understanding which will stimulate an incentive to put knowledge gained into action. You will read it the third time because you want to make your dreams and ideals become real and find how to start knowledge into action. …

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