The Smithsonian Institution : a novel

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Label

The Smithsonian Institution : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Gore Vidal

Creator

• Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012
• trueVidal, Gore, 1925-2012

Subject

• trueSmithsonian Institution
• Historical fiction
• trueLiterary fiction
• trueMuseums -- Washington, D.C
• trueNuclear fission
• trueSatirical fiction
• Smithsonian Institution -- Fiction
• trueTeenage prodigies
• Teenagers -- Fiction
• trueTime travel
• Time-travel fiction
• trueUnited States -- History
• trueWashington, D.C
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueAtomic bomb -- Research
• Fantasy fiction
• Fourth dimension -- Fiction
• Gifted teenagers -- Fiction
• Historical fiction

Genre

• trueLiterary fiction
• trueSatirical fiction
• Time-travel fiction
• trueFantasy fiction
• Fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueAdult books for young adults

Language

eng

Summary

T., a thirteen-year-old math prodigy, is summoned to the Smithsonian on Good Friday 1939, where scientists are working furiously to develop the atomic bomb, and discovers that he holds the key to both the secrets of nuclear fission and time travel

Theme

• trueFixing history

Storyline

• truePlot-driven

Tone

• trueThought-provoking
• trueOffbeat

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Award

New York Times Notable Book, 1998

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation source

• Wilson's Senior High School
• Wilson's Fiction
• School Library Journal

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Young Adult

LC call number

PS3543.I26

LC item number

S65 1998

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult