# The Object at Hand

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- Book: [The Object at Hand](https://www.bookquiver.com/beth-py-lieberman/the-object-at-hand) ([The Object at Hand.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/beth-py-lieberman/the-object-at-hand.md))
- Authors: [Beth Py-Lieberman](https://www.bookquiver.com/beth-py-lieberman), [Richard Kurin](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-kurin)
- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-8834-749-7
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2023-09-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

From Dorothy's ruby slippers to a speech that saved Teddy Roosevelt from assassination, this authoritative guide delivers in-depth reportage on the history of remarkable objects from the Smithsonian's...