The Smithsonian Institution (novel)
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| Author | Gore Vidal |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
| Publication date | 15 October 1998 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 272 p. (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-316-64504-4 (hardback edition) |
For other uses, see Smithsonian (disambiguation).
Gore Vidal's novel The Smithsonian Institution is a fictional account of the adventures of "T." (a thinly-veiled version of Vidal's boyhood lover Jimmy Trimble) 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.
