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we appreciate it. even though sometimes you don t say thank you. thank you. i will carry on until i drop dead. hi my name receive linn and i m so glad to welcome you to the store this evening and we re excited to welcome david barron, he s the author of american eclipse which is why you re is thing here. and we re very, very excited because this is a really interesting book where the wild west meets the stars essentially, and if i was reading a little bit about it and about the time and the e and i thought how interesting 100 years ago 99 years ago was the last time we had a total eclipse that went from coast to coast. and it it was right over colorado. but you think about colorado 100 years ago it was a different place. it was known for it was a wild west. you know. who would come to colorado well they wanted to come because you could stand on mountain and see eclipse better than anywhere else. so all of a sudden california took on a new place in science and a plac ....
99 years ago was the last time we had a total eclipse. it went from coast-to-coast and it was right over colorado but if you think about colorado 100 years ago. it was a different place. it was the wild west you know and it was miners and cowboys and all that and you think who would come to colorado? they wanted to come because you could stand in the mountains and see the eclipse better than anywhere else. all of a sudden colorado took on a new place in science and it was really the beginning of tourism in colorado and there was a lot of incredible tourism. it all started with lots of light and eclipses when we first began to record demos like into the world. i was reading at 11:33 king henry the first died in right after the total eclipse they thought it was the end of their era and we have another one. if you buy a book tonight you get your very own american eclipse glasses so you can safely view the eclipse that s going to happen not right over colorado this time but ....
and i was reading about it and i thought how interesting 99ers ago if even had a totally eclipsed only from coast to coast pride over colorado that that was a different place it was the wild west and you thank you would come to colorado? because you could stand on the of mountainsywheree and sea better pay and a anywhere else. has a new place in science and the beginning of tourism so little started and whent we first began to record the mitt was like the end of the world so keep had read theth first to die by a after and they thought it was the end of their era. and tully have another one. if you buy a book tonight you get your very own american eclipse glasses see you can safely view the eclipse. hap not write over colorado this type but over the west. august 21st.21 the best place to see that would beat jackson hole wyoming and we are so excited he is here as an award winning journalist and author and broadcaster. [applause] day thanks for coming outigh. on this ra ....
of american eclipse which is why you are sitting here. this is a really interesting book where the wild west meets the stars essentially and i was reading about it and about the time and eclipse and i thought how interesting 100 years ago, 99 years ago was the last time we had a total eclipse. it went from coast-to-coast and it was right over colorado but if you think about colorado 100 years ago. it was a different place. it was the wild west you know and it was miners and cowboys and all that and you think who would come to colorado? they wanted to come because you could stand in the mountains and see the eclipse better than anywhere else. all of a sudden colorado took on a new place in science and it was really the beginning of tourism in colorado and there was a lot of incredible tourism. it all started with lots of light and eclipses when we first began to record demos like into the world. i was reading at 11:33 king henry the first died in right after the total ....
i want to thank the foundation for supporting the initiatives where we do events that are science themed so we have a shout out to the assignments and i want to mention the amateur astronomers association in new york will be in the gardens with telescopes and helping to view the skies and the claim is that the clouds will clear write about exactly as we finish the last question and we will have a book signing for the glass universe so we will have a book signing and do q-and-a after the conversation. he introduced the guests. i m sure a lot of you have heard. i want to introduce the best-selling author and superb author when you spoke about your book longitude you said your son asked for what you are working on and he said nobody is going to read that. a best selling book and most recently galileo s daughter is a popular book and marcel acknowledged in the pulitzer prize nomination in 2000 so that was quite an honor and then we have the glass universe we are here to tal ....