American eclipse [book club kit] : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world
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Baron, David, 1964-
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New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
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xii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Library of Congress Subjects
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Eclipses -- History.
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918.

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Published
New York, N.Y. : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Format
Book Club Kit
Edition
Book club kit.
Language
English

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Entire kit must be checked out. Please ask librarian for assistance in locating these materials.
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NATRONA: Multiple volumes plus looseleaf pages in a canvas bookbag. Kit includes 6-12 books, discussion questions, author biographies, suggested further reading, and list of other books by the same author.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-308) and index.
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. --,from book jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baron, D. (2017). American eclipse [book club kit]: a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world (Book club kit.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baron, David, 1964-. 2017. American Eclipse [book Club Kit]: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baron, David, 1964-. American Eclipse [book Club Kit]: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Baron, David. American Eclipse [book Club Kit]: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World Book club kit., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.

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