I don't think this has been mentioned before, so I'll throw out Darryl Brock's "If I never get back," where a modern time traveler goes back to 1869 and meets Mark Twain, in addition to traveling with the Cincinatti Red Legs - the only pro baseball team in history to have an undefeated season. I read all of the Riverworld books, but I think Brock's Twain rings truer somehow. Farmer had all of his facts straight, but to me it was the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian Quinnipiac University, Bernhard Library 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue Hamden, CT, 06518 203-582-8945 [log in to unmask] http://faculty.quinnipiac.edu/libraries/tballard