6/22/2023 0 Comments Author william forstchen![]() ![]() Although written as a novel, it is intended as a serious look at the building of a Space Elevator, a tower that would rise from the equator to geostationary orbit and beyond in order to revolutionize space transportation in the 21st century. In 2014 Forstchen released his book Pillar to the Sky. In March 2009, Forstchen’s work One Second After was released. Then were published two works on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor and immediately after that attack Pearl Harbor, and Days of Infamy. In 2002 he started the “Gettysburg” trilogy the trilogy consists of Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Grant Comes East, and Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant - The Final Victory. Forstchen’s writing efforts have, in recent years, shifted towards historical fiction and nonfiction. Among his other writings are the books of the best-selling science fiction series The Lost Regiment and 1948, which was co-written with the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Forstchen made his debut as a novelist in 1983 with the novel Ice Prophet. ![]() William Forstchen began publishing in 1978 as a contributor to Boys' Life. He was an assistant greenskeeper at a golf course, a hot walker at a race track, an apple picker, and sorter, and even rode shotgun on a garbage truck. Forstchen worked in construction for a while in Manhattan. ![]()
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