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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 (Hardcover)
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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 (Hardcover)
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In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced
to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One
sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that
science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young,
megalomaniacal inventor sought to test his bona fides and light the
world through his revelations. David Baron brings to life these
three competitors-James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell and Thomas
Edison-re-creating the jockeying of nineteenth-century astronomy.
With accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, the last
days of the Wild West come alive. A magnificent portrayal of
America's dawn as a superpower, American Eclipse depicts a nation
looking to the skies to reveal its ambition and expose its genius.
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