Nina Burleigh

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
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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