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The lives of Dillon Ripley : natural scientist, wartime spy, and pioneering leader of the Smithsonian Institution /
Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Tom Lovejoy -- Introduction -- Growing up golden -- Birds of many feathers -- Asian and other adventures -- Pleasantly busy in New Haven -- Defining a new culture -- Displaying the nation's art -- Media ventures and scholarly triumph -- Building Smithsonian U. -- Waves of complaints -- Science and conservation -- Retiring the crown.…”
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