Did you see the recent "supermoon eclipse"? That sent me on this trail: a book about an eclipse, of course, by none other than a favorite author of mine, Isaac Asimov! What is an Eclipse? explains just what makes an eclipse (you can become one yourself if you stand in front of someone else, blocking their view of, say, the frig). The scientific terms are explained as well. Asimov does a really good job here. :-)

Then, naturally, a book about Eclipse, the horse. Nicholas Clee did a nice job with Eclipse: the Horse That Changed Racing History Forever. He tracked down the records abut the jockeys, the grooms, the owners, breeders, pretty much anyone who came into contact with the horse. (There is a nice listing of all his sources, etc. at the back). He tracked the linage both backwards and forwards to horses like Seabiscuit and Secretariat. A bit dry at times, but not bad overall.

(Now, I do know there is a book titled Eclipse that is part of the Twilight Series, by Stephanie Meyer, but I've not read it so have not included it here.);-)

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