Verne, Jules 1828-1905 creator Kingston, Agnes Kinloch 1823-1913 text utu 2010 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Abandoned" by Jules Verne is a novel serialized from August 1874 to September 1875. Five Union prisoners escape the American Civil War in a stolen balloon, only to crash on an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Using ingenuity and engineering skills, they transform from castaways into colonists. But mysterious events suggest an unseen guardian watches over them. When pirates threaten their new home and secrets emerge from the island's depths, the survivors discover their refuge harbors an extraordinary connection to a legendary figure from the sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Translation attributed to W. H. G. Kingston, but actually by his wife, Agnes Kinloch Kingston. Translation of: L'abandonné, the second part of L'île mystérieuse. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mysterious_Island Release date is 2010-08-23 Produced by Hemant Garach, David Starner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction Castaways -- Fiction Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33516 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33516 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133750.0 33516