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From earth to the moon

ID 360387
Slug from-earth-to-the-moon
Contributors
Annotation
Description Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. <P><BR>When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane's adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a "manned" flight, one man's dream turns into an international space race.
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Subjects
333 Science fiction NUR
NSTC
Publisher Bantam
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 185
Duration
Publication date first 1993-05-01
Publication date latest 1993-05-01
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780553214208 (BC)

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