Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour
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About This Book
In "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour," Charles Edward Dixon, who is well-known for his exacting observations of the natural world, deftly combines his scientific fiction worldview with his abiding passion for the natural world. Being a renowned naturalist and ornithologist, Dixon's literary skills go far beyond the confines of conventional animal research, taking readers into undiscovered realms of the imaginative and speculative. Dixon, who is renowned for his unmatched commitment to careful observation, uses the same meticulous attention to detail in "Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour" as he did in...
Chapters (25)(click to expand)
- FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR
- Edited by
- CHARLES DIXON.
- Illustrated by Captain ARTHUR LAYARD, late R.E.
- WE PREPARE FOR OUR JOURNEY.
- WE LEAVE EARTH IN THE "SIRIUS."
- OUR VOYAGE BEYOND THE CLOUDS.
- AWFUL MOMENTS.
- THE GLORIES OF THE HEAVENS.
- WE NEAR MARS.
- OUR ARRIVAL AND SAFE DESCENT.
- A STRANGE WORLD.
- THE MORROW—AND WHAT CAME OF IT!
- CAPTIVITY.
- LOVE AND JEALOUSY.
- CONDEMNED TO DIE.
- THE CRAG REMAGALOTH.
- ACROSS THE DESERT CHADOS.
- RIVALS MEET AGAIN.
- VOLINÈ.
- AT THE TEMPLE ON THE HILL VEROSI.
- THE FIGHT FOR VOLINÈ.
- WEDDED!
- THE LAST WORDS FROM YONDER.
- End of Extract from the MSS.
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