From the Earth to the Moon - Jules Verne - Books - - 9798668409341 - October 13, 2020
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From the Earth to the Moon

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Book Excerpt: ...he ramparts." The president was sufficiently well known, however, for all to be assured that he would not put his colleagues to discomfort without some very strong motive. Impey Barbicane was a man of forty years of age, calm, cold, austere; of a singularly serious and self-contained demeanor, punctual as a chronometer, of imperturbable temper and immovable character; by no means chivalrous, yet adventurous withal, and always bringing practical ideas to bear upon the very rashest enterprises; an essentially New Englander, a Northern colonist, a descendant of the old anti-Stuart Roundheads, and the implacable enemy of the gentlemen of the South, those ancient cavaliers of the mother country. In a word, he was a Yankee to the backbone. Barbicane had made a large fortune as a timber merchant. Being nominated director of artillery during the war, he proved himself fertile in invention. Bold in his conceptions, he contributed powerfully to the progress of that arm and gave an immense impetus to exper....

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 13, 2020
ISBN13 9798668409341
Pages 290
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 17 mm   ·   426 g
Language English  

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