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The Leonard Lopate Show / October 07, 2003 / Nina Burleigh

Nina Burleigh

Tuesday, October 07, 2003

Nina Burleigh on James Smithson, the man behind the Smithsonian Institution. In her recent book, The Stranger and the Statesman, she explores the life of a man who left half a million dollars for the establishment of an American institution, even though he’d never even set foot in the U.S.

  • Events: Nina Burleigh is giving a reading at Housing Works Used Book Cafe (126 Crosby St. in SoHo) at 7 pm on Tuesday 10/7.


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