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What a beautiful gift Margo Miller has given us in Château Higginson, a vivid and soaking up account of one man’s efforts to construct a building that may create “a new way for Bostonians–and Americans–to live.” Not only does Henry Lee Higginson (perfect known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and his housing gamble come to life, but an entire social class, indeed, all of nineteenth-century urban The us, spread themselves before us within the narrative. Perspectives abound. Anecdotes enrich. Details, statistics, and little-known facts amaze. And it’s written with elegance, confidence, grace, and wit.
‘A should-read for any lover of Boston history, any student of American urban history.’ –William Martin, New York Times bestselling writer of Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter.