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Often referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction,” Jules Verne wrote many fanciful tales. But, in 1870, he wrote a forward-looking sequel to his tale about space travel using surprisingly accurate calculations. The Baltimore Gun Club had launched a manned projectile all the way to the moon, but that was where his 1865 story had ended, leaving readers to wonder at their fate. Can they make it to the moon and back? Find out in this prophetic, classic story, amazingly similar to the Apollo missions nearly a century later.
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Jules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. As a child, he would watch the many ships on the Loire River, sparking his imagination. He was so fascinated with the idea of having an adventure that he stowed away on a ship bound for the West Indies, but his father was waiting for him at the next port and promptly returned him home. He later went to Paris to study law and began writing the text for operettas and other theater work. When his father discovered he was writing instead of studying law, he pulled his financial support, so he was forced to take a job as a stockbroker. In 1857, Jules was married to Honorine de Viane Morel, a widow with two daughters. In 1861, they had their only child together, a son named Michel. By 1863, his writing was beginning to sell and become profitable, prompting him to write at least two books per year. By 1874, Verne was rich and famous, and purchased a ship to sail around Europe. Shot in the leg by his own mentally ill nephew in 1886, he developed a life-long limp, then became an elected official in 1888. Verne passed away on March 24, 1905, at the age of 77, in Amiens, France, from diabetes.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1490944648
- ISBN 13 9781490944647
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
- EditorHartmetz Richard S.
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