Lost Book Gem: "Around The World In Eighty Days" - Jules Verne (1873)
" I am the backwards traveller. Ancient wool unraveller." -- Wings -- Phileas Fogg, the phlegmatic "nothing worries me" guy, must travel around the world and only has eighty days to do it. A feat believed nigh on impossible...or his entire fortune is burnt toast. And all because of a spur of the moment wager he strikes up with a swell bunch of snooty fellas down at the Gentleman's Reform Club. Talk about your no-nonsense itinerary! Jules Verne French novelist 1828 - 1905 Fogg, along with his new servant, Passepartout, (I pronounce it 'Pass-the-potatoes" for fun) encounter one frustrating obstacle after another. B ad guys, bad d rugs, bad weather, bad fish, and a bad tribe named Sioux. Along with all that, Fogg squeezes in time to rescue a young lady in harms way. Actually his servant's the hero, but Fogg has all the dough, so he gets to bake the cinnamon rolls...(if you get my drift.) And putting the spo