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3) Mark Twain and the Colonel: Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the arrival of a new century
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
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...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Describes a time of upheaval in America--when the country was in a deep economic depression, white supremacists roamed the South, and a nationwide railroad strike led to bloodshed--and discusses how the events of 1877 also fueled cultural and intellectual innovation.
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