American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world /
Baron, David
American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world / David Baron. - 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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.
9781324094692 $18.99 1324094699 $18.99 9781324094692
Science--History--United States--19th century.
Science--History--United States--20th century.
Eclipses--History.
Astronomy--History--United States--19th century.
Astronomy--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Civilization--1865-1918.
American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world / David Baron. - 336 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
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.
9781324094692 $18.99 1324094699 $18.99 9781324094692
Science--History--United States--19th century.
Science--History--United States--20th century.
Eclipses--History.
Astronomy--History--United States--19th century.
Astronomy--History--United States--20th century.
United States--Civilization--1865-1918.