The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum
Subtitle: The Smithsonian
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: September 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780060002411
Subjects: Museum Administration and Museology; United States - Antebellum Era; History - General History; Art; History - U.S.; Smithsonian Institution; Smithson, James,; Art / History / General; Adams, John Quincy,; History - General; 1765-1829; 1767-1848; History
First sentence: ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL did not spend the Christmas season of 1903 in the festive tradition.