Ebook: The lives of Dillon Ripley natural scientist, wartime spy, and pioneering leader of the Smithsonian Institution

"Explores the different facets of the life of natural scientist and wartime spy, S. Dillon Ripley"--;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.