Bibliograph

Ch?teau Higginson, social life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920, Margo Miller

Type

Label

Ch?teau Higginson, social life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920, Margo Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ch?teau Higginson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1000050675

Responsibility statement

Margo Miller

Sub title

social life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920

Summary

"..a vivid and absorbing account of one man's efforts to construct a building that would create "a new way of life 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." -- From jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Landlord Higginson -- "Bully Hig" -- Money -- Water, water -- Hotel Agazzi -- The Fairchlds at large -- Father and son -- Horses -- Entertainments -- Outdoors -- Taste -- Clover Adams -- John Singer sargent plays the piano -- The Fairchilds at home

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