The Tucson Meteorites the two known fragments totaling more that a ton of primordial space matter were discovered during the first half of the nineteenth century on the desolate Mexican frontier that later became Arizona. In this book, Richard R. Willey recounts the bizarre history of these meteorites and explores the mystery, unresolved to the present day, of where they fell to earth and whether more fragments remain to be found in the mountains of southern Arizona.
Willey tracks the meteorites through years of confiscation and disputed ownership to the Smithsonian Institution. "I had...