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The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian

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Combining the charming eccentricity of "The Professor and the Madman" with the brilliant insight of "Founding Brothers," this is a riveting biography of James Smithson, a little-known scientist, and his incomparable legacy: the Smithsonian.

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The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian 2004, Harper Perennial, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060002428

Trade paperback

The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum: The Smithsonian 2003, William Morrow & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780060002411

Hardcover