![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The escapees are Cyrus Smith, a railroad engineer in the Union army (named Cyrus Harding in Kingston's version) his ex-slave and loyal follower Neb (short for Nebuchadnezzar) Bonadventure Pencroff, a sailor (who is addressed only by his surname in Kingston's translation, he is named Pencroft) his protégé and adopted son Harbert Brown (called Herbert in some translations) and the journalist Gedéon Spilett (Gideon Spilett in English versions). During the American Civil War, five Northern prisoners of war escape during the Siege of Richmond, Virginia, by hijacking a hydrogen-filled observation balloon. ![]()
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