From the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon: Illustrated

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Nov 16, 2015 - Fiction - 356 pages
From the Earth to the Moon and round the moon are science fiction novels by Jules Verne, from a time were the category "science fiction" didnt exist. It tells the adventurous story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons aficionados, and their attempts to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun to launch three selected people in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing.

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About the author (2015)

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

TitleFrom the Earth to the Moon and Round the Moon: Illustrated
AuthorJules Verne
Translated byLouis Mercier, Eleanor King
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015
ISBN1519315635, 9781519315632
Length356 pages
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Fiction / Science Fiction / Steampunk
  
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