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Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
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...
Pub. Date
1996
Description
Documents an exhibition created to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the New York Public Library in 1995, profiling books that had a significant influence, consequence, or resonance during the library's first century. Lists over 150 titles, grouped within eleven categories.
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Description
This is Who We Were: Post Civil War 1880-1900 provides a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America in the late 1800s, serving as both a serious research tool for students of American history and an intriguing climb up America's family tree. This brand-new addition to the This is Who We Were series features nearly 30 in-depth Personal Profiles that examine the home, work, and social lives of individuals and families living in the U.S. between...
17) Mark Twain and the Colonel: Samuel L. Clemens, Theodore Roosevelt, and the arrival of a new century
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Tells the American story from 1890 to 1910 by relating the activities of Theodore Roosevelt, who dominated politics of the period, and Mark Twain, who dominated the period's culture; and examines the relationship between them.
18) The 1910s
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
A collection of essays provides information on American culture and history between 1910 and 1920.
Author
Pub. Date
2022
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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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