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The Smithsonian Institution
Cover of the first edition
AuthorGore Vidal
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLittle, Brown

Publication date

October 15, 1998
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages272 p.
ISBN0-316-64504-4
OCLC60211198

The Smithsonian Institution is an alternate history novel by Gore Vidal, first published in 1998.

The novel is a fictional account of the adventures of "T." as he helps a group of scientists in the basement of the Smithsonian create the neutron bomb, and encounters historical figures such as President Abraham Lincoln, Charles Lindbergh, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mrs. Grover Cleveland.[1][2][3]

Reviewer Merle Rubin advises readers to "skip this" Vidal novel and "spend more profitable time rediscovering the many and varied pleasures of his earlier novels".[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rubin, Merle (1998-03-15). ""The Smithsonian Institution" by Gore Vidal". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  • ^ Smith, K. Annabelle. "That Time When Gore Vidal Spiced up the Smithsonian". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  • ^ LaHood, Marvin J. (2000). ""The Smithsonian Institution."". World Literature Today. 74 (1): 174. doi:10.2307/40155430. JSTOR 40155430.

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