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Jules Verne
After the American Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club, a society of artillery enthusiasts with nothing left to shoot at, decides to fire a projectile at the…
After the American Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club, a society of artillery enthusiasts with nothing left to shoot at, decides to fire a projectile at the Moon. Its president, Impey Barbicane, plans an enormous cannon cast in the ground in Florida, and a bold Frenchman, Michel Ardan, offers to travel inside the shell, reconciling Barbicane with his bitter rival, Captain Nicholl, who joins them. The novel is full of calculation and comedy, and ends with the launch.
Jules Verne published the novel in 1865, and its launch site in Florida and its three-man crew were remarkably close to the Apollo missions a century later. Eight LibriVox volunteers read it in under five hours.
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