Books with title Around The Bend

The science fiction story describes the adventures of three friends: the founder of the Cannon Club, Impi Barbicane, captain Nicolas and the daredevil Michel Ardan. Travelers make a five-day flight around the satellite of our planet, spending time in scientific disputes and discussions and sharing important guesses and observations with each other. At the very beginning of the novel, Barbican states: "Well, algebra is the same tool as a plow or plow, and a tool very useful for those who know how to handle it." Perhaps the words of one of the main characters of the work reflect the idea of ​​the book: having knowledge in one area or another and knowing how to apply it correctly, a person can fly to the Moon, explore Mars or Venus, and calculate the latitude and longitude of any geographical object.

Dan Vinton has graduated, but boarding school life continues with Gerald Pennimore, Kendall Burtis and their school chums at Yardley Hall."... And we might as well confess, right at the start, that this year's book is all school life and football. Yardley Hall, where most of Mr. Barbour's best stories occur, is the scene and Kendall Burtis, the boy who last year kicked a goal at the very last minute, is the hero. Kendall isn't "green" any more and he gets into the game right at the start. And then somebody sells the team's signals to Broadwood and accuses Kendall and a fine mess it all is...." (excerpt from D. Appleton & Company advertisement at the back of the book).

Dan Vinton has graduated, but boarding school life continues with Gerald Pennimore, Kendall Burtis and their school chums at Yardley Hall."... And we might as well confess, right at the start, that this year's book is all school life and football. Yardley Hall, where most of Mr. Barbour's best stories occur, is the scene and Kendall Burtis, the boy who last year kicked a goal at the very last minute, is the hero. Kendall isn't "green" any more and he gets into the game right at the start. And then somebody sells the team's signals to Broadwood and accuses Kendall and a fine mess it all is...." (excerpt from D. Appleton & Company advertisement at the back of the book).

Dan Vinton has graduated, but boarding school life continues with Gerald Pennimore, Kendall Burtis and their school chums at Yardley Hall."... And we might as well confess, right at the start, that this year's book is all school life and football. Yardley Hall, where most of Mr. Barbour's best stories occur, is the scene and Kendall Burtis, the boy who last year kicked a goal at the very last minute, is the hero. Kendall isn't "green" any more and he gets into the game right at the start. And then somebody sells the team's signals to Broadwood and accuses Kendall and a fine mess it all is...." (excerpt from D. Appleton & Company advertisement at the back of the book).

Barbour (1870-1944) was an American novelist who primarily wrote popular works of sports fiction for boys. In collaboration with L H Bickford he also wrote as Richard Stillman Powell, their most notable work being Phyllis in Bohemia (1897). His other works included light romances and adventure stories. Over the course of his career Barbour produced more than 100 novels amd numerous short stories. First published in 1913, this book forms part of the Yardley Hall School Stories series. With four full-page illustrations and a facsimile of the original cover.

Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club’s bullet-shaped projectile, along with its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth’s gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey, including disposing of the body of a dog out a window, suffering intoxication by gases, and making calculations leading them, briefly, to believe that they are to fall back to Earth. During the latter part of the voyage, it becomes apparent that the gravitational force of their earlier encounter with the asteroid has caused the projectile to deviate from its course...

Dan Vinton has graduated, but boarding school life continues with Gerald Pennimore, Kendall Burtis and their school chums at Yardley Hall."... And we might as well confess, right at the start, that this year's book is all school life and football. Yardley Hall, where most of Mr. Barbour's best stories occur, is the scene and Kendall Burtis, the boy who last year kicked a goal at the very last minute, is the hero. Kendall isn't "green" any more and he gets into the game right at the start. And then somebody sells the team's signals to Broadwood and accuses Kendall and a fine mess it all is...." (excerpt from D. Appleton & Company advertisement at the back of the book).