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

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On a scorching July afternoon in 1878,?at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon's shadow descended on the American West, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. This rare celestial event--a total solar eclipse--offered a priceless opportunity to solve some of the solar system's most...