Historic Tales Of St Louis

Author : Mark Zeman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439676895
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Tales of St. Louis written by Mark Zeman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales That Made St. Louis St. Louis may be known as the Gateway to the West, but its history holds many stories buried through time that show a different side. Discover which Hollywood leading man and heartthrob originated the custom of leaving a chocolate on a hotel pillow. Learn which high school was named after a senator who was nearly beaten to death on the senate floor. Puzzle over the lavish dinner party held in a sewer, and be amazed to find a masterpiece hidden in the ceiling of a U-Haul building. Author and historian Mark Zeman unveils the forgotten history of St. Louis.

Author : Carol Ferring Shepley
Publisher : Missouri History Museum
ISBN 13 : 1883982650
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Movers and Shakers, Scalawags and Suffragettes written by Carol Ferring Shepley and published by Missouri History Museum. This book was released on 2008 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The history of Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis is told through the stories of those who are buried there. Cemetery records and interviews with insiders inform the research"--Provided by publisher.

Author : NiNi Harris
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681062798
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oldest St. Louis written by NiNi Harris and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From iconic buildings like the Old Cathedral to the Polish butcher shop in North City, Oldest St. Louis explores the history of St. Louis through the history of the city's oldest institutions, streets, and businesses. From the oldest library book, to the oldest museum, Oldest St. Louis traces the history of the city's rich cultural life. From the oldest Italian bar to the oldest bowling alley, the book recalls St. Louis's ethnic traditions. In following the stories of the oldest businesses and institutions, the book becomes a sensory tour of St. Louis featuring the crunchy oatmeal cookies made in the Dutchtown neighborhood the same way for 82 years, the fragrance in the 138 year old Greenhouse in mid-winter and the beauty of St. Louis's 184 year-old Lafayette Park. Oldest St. Louis is also a nostalgic look at recent history from the space-age design of South County Mall, to a cherry Coke made with a secret recipe since the Chuck-A-Burger drive-in restaurant opened in St. Ann in 1957.

Author : Charlie Brennan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935806561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amazing St. Louis: 250 Years of Great Tales and Curiosities written by Charlie Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know the first mobile phone was used in St. Louis? Or that a St. Louis businessman changed the course of war in the Pacific during World War II? Or that a St. Louisan ended the Cold War? After talking about St. Louis and its people every weekday for the past 25 years, Charlie Brennan has gathered the greatest and most incredible St. Louis stories in celebration of the city's 250th birthday. Brennan divulges how St. Louisans gave the world rock and roll, the cocktail party, the city of Chicago, the musical Cats, and more! That's Amazing St. Louis even explains how St. Louis is home to the first city in America. Brennan also shares some of the world's strangest oddities and curiosities that just happened to take place in the Gateway to the West. Packed with hundreds of almost unknown facts about the people and events of St. Louis, this book is ideal for lovers of this great American city and its rich history.

Author : Michael Kleckner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737160700
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mike's Unforgettable St. Louis History, Volume 1 written by Michael Kleckner and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know about the Englishman who won St. Louis's 1904 Olympic marathon while drinking French brandy, bits of strychnine, and warm water from a car radiator? Learn all about him plus more in this book!

Author : Mark Zeman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467153281
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historic Tales of St. Louis written by Mark Zeman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales That Made St. Louis St. Louis may be known as the Gateway to the West, but its history holds many stories buried through time that show a different side. Discover which Hollywood leading man and heartthrob originated the custom of leaving a chocolate on a hotel pillow. Learn which high school was named after a senator who was nearly beaten to death on the senate floor. Puzzle over the lavish dinner party held in a sewer, and be amazed to find a masterpiece hidden in the ceiling of a U-Haul building. Author and historian Mark Zeman unveils the forgotten history of St. Louis.

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Whitechapel Productions
ISBN 13 : 9781892523204
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted St. Louis written by Troy Taylor and published by Whitechapel Productions. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Louis ghosts, legends & lore! Welcome to Haunted St. Louis ... one of the grand cities of the Mississippi River, the gateway to the western frontier and a very haunted place! This is no mere book of ghost stories by a page-turning account of how history and hauntings have shaped the city, from the early days to the 1904 World's Fair, the bloodbath of Prohibition and beyond. Taylor plunges the reader headlong into the mysterious past, violent history and bloody deeds of this great city, intertwining these events with tales of ghosts, hauntings and the unsolved!

Author : Walter Johnson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541646061
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Broken Heart of America written by Walter Johnson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing portrait of the racial dynamics that lie inescapably at the heart of our nation, told through the turbulent history of the city of St. Louis. From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal. But it was once also America's most radical city, home to anti-capitalist immigrants, the Civil War's first general emancipation, and the nation's first general strike—a legacy of resistance that endures. A blistering history of a city's rise and decline, The Broken Heart of America will forever change how we think about the United States.

Author : Greg Marecek
Publisher : Reedy Press
ISBN 13 : 1933370033
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Full Court written by Greg Marecek and published by Reedy Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full Court tells story of an often-forgotten but remarkable time in St. Louis sports history--the era of the NBA's St. Louis Hawks. Author Greg Maracek has woven together a compilation of interviews from the Hawks players to deliver a history of a former perennial power in the National Basketball Association. Between 1955 and 1968, pro basketball closely rivaled the attention--and at times outstripped the success--of the baseball's St. Louis Cardinals. A storied rivalry with the fabled Boston Celtics is credited by many as the single most important catalyst to the national growth of NBA interest. Names of Hawks' stars became legendary to basketball fans. Leading the way is Hall of Fame superstar Bob Pettit, the first player to score 20,000 points--and later 25,000--in a career. Other Hall of Fame Hawks include Cliff Hagan, Slater Martin, Len Wilkens, and Easy Ed Macauley. Pettit's 50-point performance in the 1958 championship game, NBA doubleheaders at Kiel Auditorium, owner Ben Kerner's sometimes wild and wacky postgame promotions, division and conference titles, sold-out crowds, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Bob Cousy, and one incredible St. Louis World Championship season makes for riveting reading not only for fans of St. Louis sports but also for lovers of NBA lore. Greg Marecek has been in the sports business for 35 years, serving as a sportswriter and editor, sportscaster, national sports syndicate, and sports-radio owner. He is a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

Author : John Thomas Scharf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1272 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Saint Louis City and County written by John Thomas Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 1272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: