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was released in hardcover in June 2017, paperback in 2018, and rereleased with a new afterword in 2024, to coincide with the
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as a "compelling... timely, energetic combination of social and scientific history." Graham Ambrose, writing for
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as they traveled to view the total solar eclipse on July 29, 1878.
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is a non-fiction book by journalist David Baron, published by
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Index


American history
history of science
Liveright
ISBN
978-1-63149-016-3
Liveright
1878 solar eclipse
American Institute of Physics
Science Writing Award
solar eclipse in Aruba in 1998
solar eclipse of August 21, 2017
James Craig Watson
Maria Mitchell
Thomas Edison
Kirkus Reviews
The Denver Post
solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
Baylor University
"An 1878 eclipse offered American scientists the chance to prove their scientific chops. Did they deliver?"
Science
the original
"Searching for a Summer Escape? These 6 Books Will Carry You Away"
NPR
"Missing the Eclipse? Read All About It"
The New York Times
ISSN
0362-4331
"'American Eclipse' writer David Baron: 'A total eclipse for me is a spiritual experience'"
The Christian Science Monitor

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