Cast-Iron Architecture in America: The Significance of James Bogardus (Norton Books for Architects & Designers)
...likely to remain the definitive work on the enterprising inventor whose seminal architectural concept helped set the stage for the astounding advances in construction during the century after his death in 1874. --The New York Times Book Review, Martin FillerMargot Gale has long been the leading figure in the world--once very nearly the lost world--of cast-iron architecture. . . . No one is better fitted than she to explore the life and work of James Bogardus.  --Brendan Gill