From The Earth To The Moon (Extraordinary Voyages) [Idioma Inglés]

Verne, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553214209 ISBN 13: 9780553214208

Verlag: Bantam Classics, 1993

Book by Verne Jules

Reseña del editor:

Lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club decide to build a gun big enough to shoot a manned rocket to the moon. Original.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

Nota de la solapa:

st 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.
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.