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American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

David Baron

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American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, bringing to life the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. With memorable accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, David Baron's page-turning drama refracts nineteenth-century science through the mythologized age of the Wild West, revealing a history no less fierce and fantastical.

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Year
2024
Genre
Science & Technology
Topics
Solar eclipse19th-century American astronomyWild West exploration

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