Mysterious Island

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

• exotic island
• based on novel or book
• submarine
• escape
• war correspondent
• jules verne
• cave
• hot air balloon
• beehive
• giant insect
• romance
• giant bird
• stranded
• marooned
• pirate
• struggle for survival
• giant animal
• confederate soldier
• escaped prisoner
• cooperation
• american civil war
• noblewoman
• prison break
• captain nemo
• giant crab
• volcanic island
• ammonite
• food supply
• union soldiers
• anti-war activist
• atomic power
• superdynamation