Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Texar's Revenge, Or, North Against South (Nord Contre Sud)
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Texar's Revenge, Or North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This book is an early translated edition of Verne's American Civil War novel about a feud between southern abolitionist Burbank and his adversary named Texar. The scan of this book has some flaws (there are un-centered pages), but the historical value of the edition makes it a worthwhile read.
North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726505673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
‘North against South’ is Verne’s comment on the American Civil War. Farmer, James Burbank, is committed to the abolition of slavery, while former slaver, Texar, is a fervent supporter. However, Texar has another axe to grind with the farmer, as the result of his criminal past. Using all his wiles and resources, Texar conducts the perfect plan to exact his bitter revenge. At its heart, ‘North against South’ is an adventure story. However, Verne infuses it with social commentary and vivid details surrounding the Civil War and the lives that people led back in the late 17th Century. A tense and fascinating read for fans of films such as ‘Glory,’ starring Denzel Washington. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who became known as the ‘Father of Science Fiction.’ He wrote more than 60 novels, including ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ (1864), ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ (1870) which was also released as a film, starring James Mason, and ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ (1873), which has been released as a TV drama, featuring former Dr Who star, David Tennant.
Texar's Revenge Or North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN: 9781536894370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Texar and Burbank are bitter enemies, Burbank's northern view of slavery as an evil being an unpopular stance with Texar and the rest of the community, deep in the Confederate States of America. On top of this disagreement, though, Texar is angry at Burbank for past legal troubles Burbank has brought upon Texar, and, despite Texar inventing a perfect alibi that allows him to escape conviction, Texar feels the need for vengeance and eventually becomes a prominent and powerful member of the Jacksonville community. Using this newfound power, Texar turns the townsfolk against Burbank and leads a mob that destroys the Burbank plantation, known as Camdless Bay. Burbank's daughter Dy and caretaker Zermah are both kidnapped by a man claiming to be Texar and are purportedly taken to a place in the Everglades called Carneral Island. En route, and after enlisting the help of the United States Navy, they find a separate group searching for Texar in response to crimes that apparently happened in the same time as the ones at Camdless Bay but in a distant location. This opens up the realization that there is one real Texar and one who is not, and the search continues now, not only for Dy and Zermah, but for the answer to this mystery.
The Texar's Revenge, Or, North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
North against South
Author: Jules VerneNorth Against South
Author: Jules VerneTexars Revenge Or North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN: 9781978385771
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South (French: Nord contre Sud) is the full title of the English translation of the novel written by the French science-fiction author Jules Verne, and centers on the story of James Burbank, an antislavery northerner living near Jacksonville, Florida, and Texar, a pro-slavery southerner who holds a vendetta against Burbank. Originally published in France in 1887, the book received a tepid reaction upon its release in the United States, partly because of Verne's inexpertise regarding some details of the American Civil War, and has since fallen into obscurity compared to many of Verne's other works.
North Against South
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
American War
Author: Omar El AkkadPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0451493591
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A second American Civil War, a devastating plague, and one family caught deep in the middle—this gripping debut novel asks what might happen if America were to turn its most devastating policies and deadly weapons upon itself. From the author of What Strange Paradise "Powerful ... as haunting a postapocalyptic universe as Cormac McCarthy [created] in The Road." —The New York Times Sarat Chestnut, born in Louisiana, is only six when the Second American Civil War breaks out in 2074. But even she knows that oil is outlawed, that Louisiana is half underwater, and that unmanned drones fill the sky. When her father is killed and her family is forced into Camp Patience for displaced persons, she begins to grow up shaped by her particular time and place. But not everyone at Camp Patience is who they claim to be. Eventually Sarat is befriended by a mysterious functionary, under whose influence she is turned into a deadly instrument of war. The decisions that she makes will have tremendous consequences not just for Sarat but for her family and her country, rippling through generations of strangers and kin alike.