Follows the life of the well-known novelist from his childhood in Nantes, France, to his career as a successful fiction writer whose imaginative works often gave glimpses into the future.
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Grade 3-6-Streissguth briefly traces Verne's life and career, presenting a picture of a young dreamer who managed to escape from his boring hometown of Nantes and move to Paris to pursue his ambition to write. Although he had some small triumphs as a popular playwright, Verne had no real success until 1863 when Jules Hetzel published his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, and the writer developed a loyal following. Streissguth shows how Verne's knowledge of science and invention enabled him to imagine and write about machines and technologies that would not actually exist for many years to come. Full-page pen-and-ink drawings reflecting the costumes and flavor of the era are scattered throughout. This is a workmanlike treatment, presenting the information in a straightforward and readable way. Peggy Teeters's Jules Verne (Walker, 1993) is a fuller and more interesting book for slightly older children. Robert Quackenbush's Who Said There's No Man on the Moon? (Prentice-Hall, 1985; o.p.) is a more entertaining, though equally sketchy choice. A serviceable addition where the demand for biographies runs high.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Franklin Public Library, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Franklin Public Library, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Jules Verne ran from his house down to the harbor of Nantes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Jules Verne, Pierre Verne, Five Weeks, Saint Michel, Broken Straws, Captain Hatteras, Loire River, North Pole, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, United States New!
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Jules Verne ran from his house down to the harbor of Nantes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
eighty days Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jules Verne, Pierre Verne, Five Weeks, Saint Michel, Broken Straws, Captain Hatteras, Loire River, North Pole, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, United States New!
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