temporal-displacement-alienation

Steward feels a poignant homesickness and envy for a past era that is not his own, underscoring the emotional cost of temporal dislocation.

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The Lincoln Hunters (1958)Wilson Tucker

Chapter 9

Benjamin Steward arrives via time machine in 1856 but is dropped into a creek instead of his intended location, forcing him to guide the machine remotely to a safe position. Upon emerging, he experiences a profound sense of alienation and envy for the past era's vitality, only to discover that the engineers have miscalculated the date, arriving a day after Lincoln's political address, complicating his mission.