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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talks: Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch
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DESCRIPTION:Register ahead of time to be able to submit questions for this
  live virtual event! https://libraryc.org/dunedinlibrary/107747Smithson’
 s Gamble: The Incredible History Behind the World’s Largest Museum with 
 Smithsonian Curator Emeritus Tom Crouch.Tom D. Crouch, a Smithsonian veter
 an of almost 45 years, paints a robust picture of a unique American establ
 ishment and its lasting legacies in his book Smithson’s Gamble.Follow th
 e fascinating growth and development of the world's largest museum an
 d research complex during its first 60 years. Told in rich detail, Smithso
 n's Gamble reveals how, as it defined a role rooted in curiosity and 
 exploration, the Smithsonian helped to shape the nation's developing 
 identity.The Smithsonian evolved from a small, narrowly focused organizati
 on into an institution leading the way in fields from astrophysics to zool
 ogy. Smithsonian researchers, and the hundreds of citizen scientists who t
 hey recruited, created a collection that documented the natural and human 
 history of a continent. The American conservation movement and a national 
 weather service are rooted at the Smithsonian. Smithson's Gamble is f
 illed with fascinating characters, twists and turns, and moments of triump
 h and tragedy, complete with political machinations, a bit of backstabbing
 , accusations of murder, and the occasional scandal.Register now to take p
 art in the conversation and learn about the trials, errors, and incredible
  legacy of the Smithsonian’s foundation.About the Author: Tom Crouch joi
 ned the Smithsonian in 1974 and has served both the National Air and Space
  Museum and the National Museum of American History in a variety of curato
 rial and administrative posts.                 Dr. Crouch
  has won several major writing awards, including a 1989 Christopher Award,
  a literary prize recognizing "significant artistic achievement in su
 pport of the highest values of the human spirit," for The Bishop&#039
 ;s Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. His book, Wings: A History o
 f Aviation From Kites to the Space Age, won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Litera
 ture Prize for 2005.In the fall of 2000, President Clinton appointed Dr. C
 rouch to the Chairmanship of the First Flight Centennial Federal Advisory 
 Board, an organization created to advise the Centennial of Flight Commissi
 on on activities planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered f
 light.The Dunedin Library hosts other virtual programs with best selling a
 uthors and thought leaders.  To find out more, go to: https://libraryc.o
 rg/dunedinlibrary/upcoming.
URL:https://dunedin.librarycalendar.com/event/virtual-author-talks-smithso
 nian-curator-emeritus-tom-crouch-30604
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