"From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes" by Jules Verne is a science fiction story from the 1800s that follows the Baltimore Gun Club and their president, Impey Barbicane, as they try to launch a projectile to the moon. The book explores ideas of American inventiveness, business smarts, and how science and public excitement work together.. The story begins by introducing the Gun Club. This club was formed during the Civil War, but now is ineffective after the war ended. The members are bored with not doing anything, so they get fired up by Barbicane's idea to send a projectile to the moon. Barbicane tells them about his plan. This leads to the club and the public supporting the mission. The beginning sets the scene to explore the real and theoretical challenges of achieving this mission. It also shows the enthusiasm of a nation eager to participate in the unlikely mission.
From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It
By Jules Verne
Fueled by a thirst for adventure and scientific progress, a group of post-Civil War enthusiasts sets out to achieve the impossible: launching a projectile to the moon.
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About the AuthorJules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
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