But in this case, I am sure that upon reflection you will agree that volunteer Firefighters who are known to be Realtors likely bring a well - deserved aura of respect to their full - time vocation because of
their inherent public spirited, unselfish personalities.
In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in
public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black
Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems
inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.