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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL: Smithson’s Gamble:Behind the World’s Larges
 t Museum
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DESCRIPTION:Smithson's Gamble follows the fascinating growth of the world'
 s largest museum and research complex\, revealing how the Smithsonian help
 ed to shape the nation's developing identity..\nhttps://wilbraham.libnet.i
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;"><img src="htt
 ps://i.ytimg.com/vi/AxNuPEuKkw8/maxresdefault.jpg" width="500" height="281
 " alt="" /></p>\n<p>Tom D. Crouch\, a Smithsonian veteran of almost 45 yea
 rs\, paints a robust picture of a unique American establishment and its la
 sting legacies in his book&nbsp\;<em>Smithson&rsquo\;s Gamble.</em></p>\n<
 p>Follow the fascinating growth and development of the world's largest mus
 eum and research complex during its first 60 years. Told in rich detail\,&
 nbsp\;<em>Smithson's Gamble</em>&nbsp\;reveals how\, as it defined a role 
 rooted in curiosity and exploration\, the Smithsonian helped to shape the 
 nation's developing identity.</p>\n<p>The Smithsonian evolved from a small
 \, narrowly focused organization into an institution leading the way in fi
 elds from astrophysics to zoology. Smithsonian researchers\, and the hundr
 eds of citizen scientists who they recruited\, created a collection that d
 ocumented the natural and human history of a continent. The American conse
 rvation movement and a national weather service are rooted at the Smithson
 ian.&nbsp\;<em>Smithson's Gamble</em>&nbsp\;is filled with fascinating cha
 racters\, twists and turns\, and moments of triumph and tragedy\, complete
  with political machinations\, a bit of backstabbing\, accusations of murd
 er\, and the occasional scandal.</p>\n<p>Register now to take part in the 
 conversation and learn about the trials\, errors\, and incredible legacy o
 f the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s foundation.</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</
 strong>&nbsp\;Tom Crouch joined the Smithsonian in 1974 and has served bot
 h the National Air and Space Museum and the National Museum of American Hi
 story in a variety of curatorial and administrative posts.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\
 ;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dr. Crouch has won several major wri
 ting awards\, including a 1989 Christopher Award\, a literary prize recogn
 izing "significant artistic achievement in support of the highest values o
 f the human spirit\," for&nbsp\;<em>The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur an
 d Orville Wright.</em> His book\,&nbsp\;<em>Wings: A History of Aviation F
 rom Kites to the Space Age</em>\, won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature P
 rize for 2005.</p>\n<p>In the fall of 2000\, President Clinton appointed D
 r. Crouch to the Chairmanship of the First Flight Centennial Federal Advis
 ory Board\, an organization created to advise the Centennial of Flight Com
 mission on activities planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powe
 red flight.</p>\nhttps://wilbraham.libnet.info/event/15528854
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