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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Baron, David, 1964- author.     Subjects     Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     Eclipses -- History.     Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Baron, David, 1964- author.       by title:      American eclipse : a...         MARC Display

American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world / David Baron. by Baron, David, 1964- author. New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, c2017. Subjects Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   Eclipses -- History.   Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.   Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918. ISBN:  9781631490163 (hardcover) : 1631490168 (hardcover) Description:  xii, 330 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, color chart ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue: Shall the sun be darkened -- Part one: 1876. Reign of shoddy -- Professor of quadruplicity -- Nemesis -- "Petticoat parliament" -- Part two: 1878. Politics and moonshine -- The wizard in Washington -- Sic transit -- "Good woman that she are" -- Show business -- Part three: 1878. Among the tribes of uncivilization -- Queen city -- Nature's editor -- Old probabilities -- Part four: 1878. Favored mortals -- First contact -- Totality -- American genius -- Part five: 1878-1931. Ghosts -- Shadow and light -- Epilogue: Tendrils of history. Requests:  0 Summary:  In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and higher learning were not anathema to femininity; and Thomas Edison, a young inventor and irrepressible showman. With vivid accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, Baron's page-turning drama not only brings to life the mythologized age of the Wild West in a totally unexpected way but forever memorializes an historic eclipse that would come to symbolize American science in its ascendance.--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.78097 Ba Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 523.78097 Ba missing from shelf   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.78097 Baron Checked out 05/30/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.7809 Ba Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.78097 Ba Transit   Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.78097 Ba Transit   Add Copy to MyList

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