The year is 1897 and eccentric millionaire William J. Hypperbone has died The terms of his will dictate 6 players be randomly chosen to compete for the $60 million inheritance. To win they have to play his favorite board game "The Noble Game of the Goose" but on a much grander scale - a race around the country in "The Noble Game of The United States of America" Which of these brave adventurers will have the luck of the dice (and circumstance) to win "The Will of an Eccentric"? Jules Verne's epic adventure around the United States was never published in the United States during his lifetime and this modernized edition brings this obscure book to a new generation.
