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Intro -- Title Page -- FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON -- CHAPTER I: THE GUN CLUB -- CHAPTER II: PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION -- CHAPTER III: EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION -- CHAPTER IV: REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE -- CHAPTER V: THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON -- CHAPTER VI: PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER VII: THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL -- CHAPTER VIII: HISTORY OF THE CANNON -- CHAPTER IX: THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS -- CHAPTER X: ONE ENEMY v. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS -- CHAPTER XI: FLORIDA AND TEXAS -- CHAPTER XII: URBI ET ORBI -- CHAPTER XIII: STONES HILL -- CHAPTER XIV: PICKAXE AND TROWEL -- CHAPTER XV: THE FETE OF THE CASTING -- CHAPTER XVI: THE COLUMBIAD -- CHAPTER XVII: A TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH -- CHAPTER XVIII: THE PASSENGER OF THE ATLANTA -- CHAPTER XIX: A MONSTER MEETING -- CHAPTER XX: ATTACK AND RIPOSTE -- CHAPTER XXI: HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR -- CHAPTER XXII: THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES -- CHAPTER XXIII: THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE -- CHAPTER XXIV: THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS -- CHAPTER XXV: FINAL DETAILS -- CHAPTER XXVI: FIRE! -- CHAPTER XXVII: FOUL WEATHER -- CHAPTER XXVIII: A NEW STAR -- ROUND THE MOON -- PRELIMINARY CHAPTER -- CHAPTER I: TWENTY MINUTES PAST TEN TO FORTY-SEVEN MINUTES PAST TEN P.M. -- CHAPTER II: THE FIRST HALF-HOUR -- CHAPTER III: THEIR PLACE OF SHELTER -- CHAPTER IV: A LITTLE ALGEBRA -- CHAPTER V: THE COLD OF SPACE -- CHAPTER VI: QUESTION AND ANSWER -- CHAPTER VII: A MOMENT OF INTOXICATION -- CHAPTER VIII: AT SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN LEAGUES -- CHAPTER IX: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A DEVIATION -- CHAPTER X: THE OBSERVERS OF THE MOON -- CHAPTER XI: FANCY AND REALITY -- CHAPTER XII: OROGRAPHIC DETAILS -- CHAPTER XIII: LUNAR LANDSCAPES -- CHAPTER XIV: THE NIGHT OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR HOURS AND A HALF |
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CHAPTER XV: HYPERBOLA OR PARABOLA -- CHAPTER XVI: THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE -- CHAPTER XVII: TYCHO -- CHAPTER XVIII: GRAVE QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER XIX: A STRUGGLE AGAINST THE IMPOSSIBLE -- CHAPTER XX: THE SOUNDINGS OF THE SUSQUEHANNA -- CHAPTER XXI: J.T. MASTON RECALLED -- CHAPTER XXII: RECOVERED FROM THE SEA -- CHAPTER XXIII: THE END -- Copyright |
| Summary |
A team of nineteenth-century American engineers builds a rocket to the moon in this visionary novel from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days During the Civil War, the members of the Baltimore Gun Club delighted themselves by designing artillery the likes of which the world had never seen. But when the South eventually surrenders, the gun club languishes, until its president, Impey Barbicane, conceives of a project so preposterous it must be attempted: to build a gun large enough to fire a rocket to the moon. From raising the money to casting the cannon to readying it to fire, the gun club overcomes one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after another. But when a rival engineer and an intrepid French adventurer join Barbicane on the spaceship's inaugural voyage, the three men soon discover that getting to the moon is only half the battle: Making it home will be their toughest challenge yet. From the Earth to the Moon and its sequel, Round the Moon, were published nearly a century before the Apollo missions. Suspenseful, humorous, and prophetic, these captivating adventure stories sparked mankind's enduring fascination with space travel. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices |
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Space flight to the moon -- Fiction
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Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction
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Space flight -- Fiction
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FICTION -- Action & Adventure.
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FICTION -- General.
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Interplanetary voyages.
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Space flight.
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Space flight to the moon.
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Moon -- Fiction
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Moon.
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Fiction.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
De la terre à la lune. English (Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)
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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
Autour de la lune. English (Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.)
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1504034554 |
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9781504034555 |
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