"Utazás a Holdba kilenczvenhét óra és husz percz alatt" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel published in 1865. After the American Civil War ends, members of Baltimore's Gun Club devise an audacious plan to fire a cannonball directly at the Moon. When a daring Frenchman volunteers to ride inside the projectile, the president and his rival join him on this unprecedented voyage. Will the three travelers reach their lunar destination, or will fate intervene in their bold attempt to leave Earth?