Researching Historical Fiction
Maybe all fiction is historical fiction
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4 min readNov 16, 2023
The house my main character lived in was a townhome. The available record says she rented a room, so it was probably a boarding house. Boarding houses were common in the 19th century, in New York City and elsewhere.
Lord and Taylor’s original store was walking distance from the actual address of her townhome, so another…
