From the Earth to the Moon - by Jules Verne. "From the Earth to the Moon" and its sequel "Round the Moon" are both included in this enthralling journey from the imagination of Jules Verne. At the end of the Civil War, members of the exclusive Gun Club in Baltimore, filled with a distressing lack of purpose, hit upon a plan to build a weapon capable of travelling to the moon. The brilliant president of the Club, Professor Barbicane, leads the scientific effort to capture the fascination of the entire world. Just as the project gets underway, a telegram arrives from the Frenchman Michel Ardan, proposing that the weapon should not only travel to the moon, but that he personally will ride inside it. Not to be outdone, Barbicane joins him in his plans, and soon afterward, a third man, the cynical Captain Nicholl, becomes a member of the party. Uploaded with permission of Bob Hicks (pdcbob@aol.com) of America Online's PDA Forum.