The Kip brothers /
Castaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder. In this story, one of his last Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne i...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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Middletown, Conn. :
Wesleyan University Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Castaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder. In this story, one of his last Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne interweaves an exciting exploration of the South Pacific with a tale of judicial error reminiscent of the infamous Dreyfus Affair. |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 475 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-466). |
| ISBN: | 9780819574589 0819574589 |
