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A review by junethebookworm
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron
3.0
Timely reading! Fitting this one into the "book with pictures" category of the 2017 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge.
The material here is interesting and presented in a lively, readable style. Only rarely does it bog down a bit, but overall it's a quick, easy read. I don't know that a whole book on one particular eclipse was necessarily needed (even though this one is quite a bit "padded out" with pictures and over 100 pages of Notes, acknowledgements, etc.). I think I would have enjoyed more of a broader overview of eclipses throughout history -- but I guess that would be a different book altogether.
Short review: worth the couple of hours it took me to read on the ride north to see the total eclipse. I don't know that there will be a lot of interest in this title now that the eclipse is over, but if the event piqued your interest and you've got the eclipse fever now, check this title out.
The material here is interesting and presented in a lively, readable style. Only rarely does it bog down a bit, but overall it's a quick, easy read. I don't know that a whole book on one particular eclipse was necessarily needed (even though this one is quite a bit "padded out" with pictures and over 100 pages of Notes, acknowledgements, etc.). I think I would have enjoyed more of a broader overview of eclipses throughout history -- but I guess that would be a different book altogether.
Short review: worth the couple of hours it took me to read on the ride north to see the total eclipse. I don't know that there will be a lot of interest in this title now that the eclipse is over, but if the event piqued your interest and you've got the eclipse fever now, check this title out.