From the Earth to the Moon Level 4 Author:Jules Verne The War of the Rebellion is over - and the members of the American Gun Club, bored with inactivity, look around for a new project. At last they have it: "We will build the greatest projectile the world has ever seen--and make the moon our 38th State!" — French author JULES GABRIEL VERNE (1828-1905) is considered the father of modern science ficti... more »on. Among his many groundbreaking books are Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).« less