Verne, Jules 1828-1905 creator Macedo, Henrique de text utu 2009 monographic pt 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Da terra à lua, viagem directa em 97 horas e 20 minutos" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1865. It follows the Baltimore Gun Club, a society of post-Civil War weapons enthusiasts, as they attempt an audacious feat: building an enormous cannon to launch three men to the Moon. When a French adventurer volunteers for the journey, the Club's president and his rival join him aboard the projectile. Verne performed calculations that proved remarkably accurate for his time, though the story leaves the astronauts' fates unresolved until its sequel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_Earth_to_the_Moon Release date is 2009-03-16 E-text prepared by Alberto Manuel Brandão Simões, Rita Farinha, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Science fiction Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Manned space flight -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28341 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28341 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133639.0 28341