Indiana Bell is the third installment of a trilogy about Professor Bell and his time machine that is capable of transporting people using crystals from his Victorian mansion in Los Angeles from 2016 to 1900. This last episode is the superior to the first volume that I read. This is not only a charming love story but the vehicle of time travel permits the reader to really immerse in a near distant past in a way that is quite unusual. We do not see these people as strangers wearing odd clothes and sporting rather strange hairdos. We see them as people like ourselves who know less than we do about the world and yet deal with your reality with equal if not greater competence.
What I find most intriguing is the sense of the people and how they react to the times in which they live. While it is true that in 1925 compared to 2017 the level of technology and economic standard of living is much lower other aspects of life then are quite attractive. One of the great insights that the author has shared with the reader is how intelligent, clever, resourceful, compassionate and loyal our fellow American were in the early 1900s and in the 1920s. For white middle class people the life style, despite the lack of 21st century modern conveniences, is very alluring. The strength of family and relationships that were cultivated far exceed what many of us have today. Of course, our main characters do not lack for cash and cash always makes things easier. However, it is easy to understand how a person from 2017 who has no real ties to 2017 would with great alacrity choose to relocate to an earlier historical period. It's sort of like why some Americans re-settle to some traditional island in the South Seas or some family oriented old fashion country in Latin America or Central Europe. Time travel simply allows one to stay in the USA.
The author has a good formula. There is a mission, there is some natural calamity, history is changed and someone it does reverberate back to 2017. There is drama and unexpected twists and turns with a happy and satisfying ending. I highly recommend this novel.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2017