David Baron, an eclipse chaser and science writer, is author of American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World. The book tells the story of the total solar eclipse of July 29, 1878.
The Great American Eclipse
In advance of the big solar eclipse on August 21, author and journalist David Baron talks about his new book American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World.
What the Polarized U.S. Needs Is an Eclipse Fix
It helped bring national healing in 1878, so can’t history repeat itself?