Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_la_Terre_%C3%A0_la_Lune

Release date is 1997-01-01

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"De la terre à la lune: trajet direct en 97 heures 20 minutes" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel published in 1865. After the American Civil War ends, a Baltimore gun club of former artillerymen seeks new purpose by proposing an audacious project: launching a cannon shell to the Moon. When a French adventurer volunteers to travel inside a hollow projectile, the club's president and his rival join him for the journey, transforming scientific ambition into human exploration. Their December launch marks the beginning of an extraordinary voyage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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