Journey to the Center of the Earth

Publisher Marketing: Jules Verne (1828-1905) is one of the most recognizable names in Western literature, coming to be known as one of the Fathers of Science-Fiction. Although he studied to be a lawyer and held stock trading jobs, he quickly learned that he had a knack for weaving adventurous stories of travels and expeditions. It didn't hurt that one of his teachers may have been inventor Brutus de Villeroi, who created the first submarine for the U. S. Navy. Verne wrote about air travel and space travel 50 years before either was possible. One of his most famous works is A Journey to the Center of the Earth, a classic adventure novel published in 1864. The story involves a German Professor Von Hardwigg, who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Harry, and their guide Hans encounter many adventures on the journey, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards. One of Verne's main ideas with his stories was also to educate readers as to the different kinds of extinct creatures throughout different geological ages, from ice ages to dinosaurs. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works, and Journey to the Center of the Earth continues to be a popular classic today. Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 pg. 65 (EAN 9781602706781, Library Binding) Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 347 (EAN 9781402743375, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 pg. 347 (EAN 9781402743375, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 951 (EAN 9780812970098, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 952 (EAN 9780812970098, Paperback) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780816718689, Paperback) School Library Journal 05/01/2014 pg. 122 (EAN 9781905087105, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Verne, Jules Jules Verne was a French writer and pioneer of the science fiction genre through novels like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Mysterious Island. A visionary, Verne wrote about air, space, and underwater travel long before the ability to travel in these realms was invented, and his works remain amongst the most translated, most continually reprinted, and most widely read books of all time. Jules Verne died in 1905 having paved the way for future science fiction writers and enthusiasts.