The Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (aka Tunnel Through the Deeps), serialized in Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April, May, June 1972

Harry Harrison's novel Tunnel Through the Deeps first appeared in print when it was serialized in the April, May, and June 1972 issues of Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact under the title The Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah with cover art and eight interior illustrations by Kelly Freas. In this alternative history, the United States lost the American Revolutionary War and America is still, in 1973, under the control of the British Empire. The divergence point between this world and our own occurred when the Moors won the battle of Navas de Tolosa on the Iberian peninsula in 1212. Thus Spain was unable to become unified, owing to the survival of an Islamic presence in its territory, and therefore could not finance the expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Instead, it was John Cabot who discovered America, a few years later. The protagonist, Captain Augustine Washington, is a direct descendant of George Washington, and labors in his 'traitorous' shadow. Captain Washington and Sir Isambard Brassey-Brunel (descendant of Isambard Kingdom Brunel) get together to link the heart of the British Empire with its far-flung Atlantic colony in North America, although they fall out over Augustine's wooing of Isambard's young daughter, Iris, and as a result of disputes over engineering techniques. However, after a number of adventures the two are reconciled on Sir Isambard's deathbed, and the lovers later marry. Detective Richard Tracy also makes an appearance, as do "Lord" Amis and "Reverend" Aldiss. An appearance in connection with a suborbital rocket is also made by an expert who prefers an analog Babbage machine for computing to the electronic kind named Arthur C. Clarke.