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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 Checked out 06/05/2024 Add Copy to MyList Nanakuli Public Library Adult Nonfiction 523.78097 Ba Transit   Add Copy to MyList

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