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Chicago, 1897. An obsessive collector and insurance magnate commissions the world's tallest building. Determined to compete with Marshall Field's recent donation of $1 million to found the Field Museum, the tycoon funds a private collecting voyage into the Pacific.
Starting a new book tonight that I bought at a used book sale. I saw “sweeping historical novel set amid the skyscrapers of 1890s Chicago” on the back cover and was instantly intrigued 🤓
Bright and Distant Shores: A Novel | 
