From the Earth to the Moon
Subtitle: direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it
By: by Jules Verne ; translated from the French by Louis Mercier, M.A. (Oxon), and Eleanor E. King
Contributors: Mercier, Louis, translator; King, Eleanor E., translator; Hildibrand, Henri Théophile, engraver; Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822- engraver
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Published: 1873
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Interplanetary voyages; Juvenile fiction; Telescopes; Artillery; Adventure stories; Voyages and travels; Space flight
Other titles: From the Earth to the Moon
Work titles: De la terre à la lune
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. 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.
Notes: Illustrations engraved by Pannemaker and Hildibrand.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.