David Baron -- "American Eclipse"
Category: Literary
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
David Baron will speak about and sign the new edition of his book, "American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World," on Wednesday, February 28th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, 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 enduring riddles, and it prompted a clutch of enterprising scientists to brave the wild frontier in a grueling race to the Rocky Mountains. Acclaimed science journalist David Baron, long fascinated by eclipses, re-creates this epic tale of ambition, failure, and glory in a narrative that reveals as much about the historical trajectory of a striving young nation as it does about those scant three minutes when the blue sky blackened and stars appeared in mid-afternoon.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
*Tickets are $5 (plus a small processing fee).
*A coupon good for $5 off a copy of "American Eclipse," or a purchase on the day of the event is included with your ticket. You will receive this coupon at the event.
