Smithson's Gamble: The Smithsonian Institution in American Life, 1836-1906 - Tom D. Crouch
TOM D. CROUCH is a curator emeritus of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. He has authored many books, including the award-winning The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright and Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age .