In Search of the Castaways: Captain Grant's Children

Jules Verne

ReadHowYouWant.com, Apr 16, 2009 - 704 pages

In Search of the Castaways, or The Children of Captain Grant, (1867-1868) is the first book in a trilogy by Jules Verne. A group of rescuers circumnavigate the globe and encounter the horrible forces of nature.

Contents

• SOUTH AMERICA: 1
• THE THREE DOCUMENTS: 10
• THE CAPTAINS CHILDREN: 24
• LADY GLENARVANS PROPOSAL: 32
• THE DEPARTURE OF THE DUNCAN: 41
• AN UNEXPECTED PASSENGER: 48
• JACQUES PAGANEL IS UNDECEIVED: 60
• THE GEOGRAPHERS RESOLUTION: 70
• THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: 83
• THE COURSE DECIDED: 92
• TRAVELING IN CHILI: 105
• ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET ALOFT: 113
• A SUDDEN DESCENT: 123
• PROVIDENTIALLY RESCUED: 138
• THALCAVE: 150
• THE NEWS OF THE LOST CAPTAIN: 162
• A SERIOUS NECESSITY: 176
• IN SEARCH OF WATER: 185
• THE RED WOLVES: 201
• STRANGE SIGNS: 220
• A FALSE TRAIL: 230
• THE FLOOD: 241
• A SINGULAR ABODE: 257
• PAGANELS DISCLOSURE: 273
• BETWEEN FIRE AND WATER: 289
• THE RETURN ON BOARD: 301
• AUSTRALIA: 315
• TRISTAN DACUNHA AND THE ISLE OF AMSTERDAM 331 CHAPTER 3 CAPE TOWN AND M VIOT: 338
• A WAGER AND HOW DECIDED: 346

About the author

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

• Title: In Search of the Castaways: Captain Grant's Children
• Author: Jules Verne
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 2009
• ISBN: 1427018448, 9781427018441
• Length: 704 pages