Texar's Revenge
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Texas is decidedly an ugly customer. He does not really care who wins in the American Civil War, but hearing the man he hates is a Northerner, poses as a Southerner and does his best to ruin the other man. The secret of his dexterity in getting out of tight corners is not revealed until almost the end. The story is full of thrills.
Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) is considered by many the father of science fiction. Born in Nantes, France, he studied law but turned to writing opera libretti until the 1863 publication of Five Weeks in a Balloon, the first of his Extraordinary Voyages series. Its success encouraged him to produce a number of classic and prophetic science fiction novels, including Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. His stories foresaw many scientific and technological developments, including the submarine, television, and space travel.
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