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1831: Year of Eclipse
1831 Year of Eclipse
Author: Louis P. Masur
EVERYONE KNEW THAT THE GREAT ECLIPSE of 1831 was coming -- and most Americans feared it. Newspapers and almanacs claimed it would be an unparalleled celestial event, and on February 12 citizen and slave alike, from New England to the South, anxiously gazed heavenward. In this remarkable new book, Louis P. Masur shows why Americans saw the eclips...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780809041183
ISBN-10: 0809041189
Publication Date: 2/2001
Pages: 247
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Publisher: Hill Wang
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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