From the Earth to the moon : or, a cannon for peace / retold by Antonis Papatheodoulou ; illustrated by Iris Samartzi ; translation by Maria Mountokalaki.
Publisher:
FarosBooks,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm.
Adapted from "From the Earth to the moon" (De la terre a la lune) by Jules Verne.
Summary:
Impey Barbicane thought of making the greatest cannon of them all. A powerful cannon not for war, but for peace, made to shoot not the enemy, but the surface of the moon. 'Peace, peace at last! But now no one needs cannon-makers anymore... and I love my job and know how to do it well. If only there were cannons for peace, I could make them better than anyone...' Those were Impey Barbicane's thoughts, as he was staring at the moon... which gave him a brilliant idea: he would make the greatest cannon in the world, a cannon that would expand the human knowledge! Made not to fight the enemy but to launch a shell to the surface of the Moon! Indeed, that would be the cannon of peace!
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