<p>From the Earth to the Moon is a novel by Jules Verne. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people.the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet.in a projectile with the goal of a moon landing. The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calcula...