Leslie C. Peltier

This is probably the best book that has ever been written about ... I don't want to use the word 'star-gazing,' but heck, the subtitle uses it, and that word does at least have a tinge of the magic I think this book conveys. Leslie C. Peltier was a justly-famed amateur astronomer, where -- as I think the book makes clear -- 'amateur' means 'one who does for love' and not 'one who isn't good enough to be a professional.' Peltier's book evokes a simpler time in a lovely (and not cloying) fashion. It is really is that rare thing -- a treasure, a jewel of a book. I think it's been said that if you want to enlighten someone who is befuddled because he or she has a friend or loved one who is *obsessed* with the night sky, this is the book they should be given. I would agree with that assessment. It may turn *you* into an astronomer.… (mere)