{"product_id":"chzateau-higginson-margo-miller-9781634990356","title":"Château Higginson: Social Life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vivid account of Henry Lee Higginson's transformative housing vision, bringing 19th-century Boston and urban America to life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat a wonderful gift Margo Miller has given us in Château 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.\"\u003cbr\u003eNot 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.\u003cbr\u003ePerspectives abound. Anecdotes enrich. Details, statistics, and little-known facts amaze. And it is written with elegance, confidence, grace, and wit.\u003cbr\u003e'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margo Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634990358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634990356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Margo Miller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447970181375,"sku":"9781634990356","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36efa351-16fd-4a93-b1b2-2ef0729e9804.jpg?v=1777236034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chzateau-higginson-margo-miller-9781634990356","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}