The Lost World of James Smithson Science Revolution and Birth of the Smithsonian by Heather Ewing First Edition Bloomsbury Press
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. First Edition Bloomsbury Press. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Blue hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is clean and shiny with only a hint of shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 432 pages including index.
The Lost World of James Smithson by Heather Ewing is subtitled Science, Revolution and the Birth of the Smithsonian.
In the mid 1830's, the United States learned that it was the beneficiary of a strange and unprecedented bequest. An Englishman named James Smithson, who never set foot in America, left all his fortune to found in Washington "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men". No other instructions followed, sparking a decade long debate in Congress.
Drawing on extensive research and archives, the author paints a picture of James Smithson and his story.
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