On a July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age and the height of the Wild West, the moon's shadow descended on the American frontier, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. In an era of train robberies and Indian hostilities, scientists grabbed their telescopes and raced to the West.
American Eclipse chronicles the epic tale of the total solar eclipse of 1878, and this Sunday at noon you can revisit our recent Readers Club spotlight with author David Baron.
