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American Eclipse

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

David Baron — 2017
This epic story of a nineteenth century celestial drama will enthrall listeners, as the first coast to coast total solar eclipse in 99 years plunges America into darkness.
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Rachel@wellreadcatlady
3 stars
Aug 13, 2021

Interesting look at the 1878 solar eclipse and what it meant for three individuals, James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell, and Thomas Edison. The book goes into the history of each person and why they want to view the solar eclipse. I was hoping to read more about what the solar eclipse was like for everyday people at this time in this book, but there was maybe a sentence or two about it. The book goes into a lot of detail about the three people's lives and can get pretty "sciencey" at times at an advance level that went over my head.