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The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island

Verne, Jules

Paperback

HumorMystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 1731703848
ISBN13: 9781731703842
Publisher: Simon & Brown
Published: Nov 6 2018
Pages: 772
Weight: 2.45
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
During the American Civil War, five Northern prisoners of war escape during the Siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a hydrogen-filled observation balloon. The escapees are Cyrus Smith, a railroad engineer in the Union army (named Cyrus Harding in Kingston's version); his ex-slave and loyal follower; Bonadventure Pencroff, a sailor; his protégé and adopted son Harbert Brown; and the journalist Gedéon Spilett (Gideon Spilett in English versions). The company is completed by Cyrus' dog Top.a After flying in a great storm for several days, the group crash-lands on a cliff-bound, volcanic, unknown island, described as being located at 34 57′S 150 30′W (Southern Pacific Ocean/Asian: Oceanian side), about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) east of New Zealand. They name it Lincoln Island in honor of Abraham Lincoln. With the knowledge of the brilliant engineer Smith, the five are able to sustain themselves on the island, producing fire, pottery, bricks, nitroglycerin, iron, a simple electric telegraph, a cave home inside a stony cliff called Granite House, and even a seaworthy ship, which they name the Bonadventure.

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