# From the Earth to the Moon

by [Jules Verne](https://localbooks.app/authors/jules-verne)

- Genres: [Ciencia ficción dura](https://localbooks.app/genres/science-fiction/hard-science-fiction), [Steampunk](https://localbooks.app/genres/science-fiction/steampunk)
- Set in: [Tampa, Florida, Estados Unidos](https://localbooks.app/places/us/florida/tampa); [La Luna](https://localbooks.app/places/outer-space/the-moon) (El espacio, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1865
- Pages: 308

## Description

After the Civil War, the members of the Baltimore Gun Club have nothing left to shoot at, so their president proposes the biggest cannon ever built, aimed at the Moon. Then a daring Frenchman asks to ride inside the shell.

## Where to buy

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