The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
Subtitle: The Smithsonian
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: September 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780060002428
Subjects: History - U.S.; Art; Museum Administration and Museology; United States - Antebellum Era; Art / History / General; History - General History; History - General
First sentence: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL did not spend the Christmas season of 1903 in the festive tradition.