| Journey to the Center of the Earth Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author), Robinson, Kim Stanley (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0553213970 ISBN-13: 9780553213973 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: In this classic tale, a newly-discovered ancient parchment reveals that a secret passage through a volcano extends into the depths of the earth. Three men are hurled into the adventure of their lives as they undertake a journey of scientific discovery and terrific danger. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97818513 |
| Lexile Measure: 620 |
| Series: Extraordinary Voyages |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.2" W x 6.8" (0.30 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. A story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination, From the Earth to the Moon is as uncanny in its accuracy and as filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy as Verne's timeless masterpieces 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. |