The stranger and the statesman
James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the making of America's greatest museum, the Smithsonian
Chronicles the life of English naturalist James Smithson, discussing his origins as the bastard son of the first Duke of Northumberland, his university years, his passion for minerals, his imprisonment, and the collection and fortune he left to the United States.
Morrow
2003
9780060002411
book
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| 345970 | 4174107 | 2257 | 314214 | 446232 | CLMH | 125 | CLMH041500 | 069 BUR | 69 | 1577459752 | 1709567815 |