Château Higginson: Social Life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920

By Margo Miller

Book Overview

A vivid account of Henry Lee Higginson's transformative housing vision, bringing 19th-century Boston and urban America to life.

What a wonderful gift Margo Miller has given us in Ch teau Higginson, a vivid and absorbing account of one man's efforts to construct a building that would create "a new way for Bostonians--and Americans--to live."
Not only does Henry Lee Higginson (best known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and his housing gamble come to life, but a whole social class, indeed, all of nineteenth-century urban America, spread themselves before us in the narrative.
Perspectives abound. Anecdotes enrich. Details, statistics, and little-known facts amaze. And it is written with elegance, confidence, grace, and wit.
'A must-read for any lover of Boston history, any student of American urban history.' --William Martin, New York Times bestselling author of Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634990358
• ISBN13: 9781634990356
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.4"