Johnny Havig And His Uncle Jack

(Does anyone know what the "bonus stories" are in this edition?)

A biographical novel begins by describing the central character's childhood so what is a mutant time traveler's childhood like? (Johnny Havig, born in 1933, is like Hugo Danner or Clark Kent but with a different "power.")

Johnny:

is bright, imaginative and a loner;

frequently "vanishes" until he learns to hide his ability to do this;

aged four, is not in his bed one morning but is returned at midnight by a man whose hat hides his face and who is not there when Johnny's father tries to thank him;

stops wandering and acquires one friend, bigger than him although John, no longer "Johnnie," dominates the friendship;

grows fast, both physically and mentally, in a few months;

tells his friend, Pete, that his Uncle Jack has taken him to an Indian camp and in an airplane;

describes the smell of drying hides and dung fires and a "jet" plane without propellers, bigger than a house, almost soundless, with a Technicolor movie shown on board.

We recognize time travel. Doctor Robert Anderson recognizes imagination and ingenuity but will learn more.