From the Earth to the MoonFrom the Earth to the Moon

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. This story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination is uncanny in its accuracy, and filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy.