Storied & Scandalous St. Louis

Storied & Scandalous St. Louis
Author: Jo Allison
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1493059181

At the turn of the twentieth century, St. Louis, Missouri, was the fourth largest city in the country. For years, it was the westernmost metropolis, known for its manufacturing, beer, railroad hub, music, baseball, World’s Fair, and its romance with the Mississippi. This collection of shocking stories ripped from the headlines of the Gateway City’s seamy past includes tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, and Spiritualism scuffles. Readers will also meet the formative female figures behind the women’s suffrage movement in St. Louis, and discover how local brewers fought against Prohibition with the help of America’s favorite pastime—baseball.

That St. Louis Thing, Vol. 2: An American Story of Roots, Rhythm and Race

That St. Louis Thing, Vol. 2: An American Story of Roots, Rhythm and Race
Author: Bruce R. Olson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2016
Genre: History
ISBN: 1483457990

That St. Louis Thing is an American story of music, race relations and baseball. Here is over 100 years of the cityOs famed musical development -- blues, jazz and rock -- placed in the context of its civil rights movement and its political and ecomomic power. Here, too, are the cityOs people brought alive from its foundation to the racial conflicts in Ferguson in 2014. The panorama of the city presents an often overlooked gem, music that goes far beyond famed artists such as Scott Joplin, Miles Davis and Tina Turner. The city is also the scene of a historic civil rights movement that remained important from its early beginnings into the twenty-first century. And here, too, are the sounds of the crack of the bat during a century-long love affair with baseball."

Another Improbable Love Story That Was

Another Improbable Love Story That Was
Author: Willie Price
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2007-08-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1469112833

Another fascinating lovers fairytale beginning during slavery and ending after the last cattle drive to Dodge City. This story will take the reader back to the cultural and political conditions during the nineteenth-century in America. The beautiful and gracious teller of this spectacular improbable love story is an Afro-American Centurion. Rosemary spins an epic, thrilling narrative of life and love along the Mississippi River in the young United States, as well as the Saint John River in Canada. This bold adventure takes the reader on many well traveled rivers and roads leading to arrogance, betrayal, envy, revenge and murder. True love crosses forbidden borders and human boundaries in this interesting and rebellious tale of passions during the often raw brutality of the times. Step back into turbulent scenarios during historical periods and enjoy this titillating, Another improbable love story that was. Enjoy!

The Good Old Summertime

The Good Old Summertime
Author: Jo Allison
Publisher: Old Underwood Publishing
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2021-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0997314516

In 1910, Julia Nye has an unconventional job as a typist for the St. Louis City Police, a first for a woman but not as unconventional as her desire to be a detective like her sheriff father. When her father’s friend, a sheriff in Ste. Genevieve County, dies in a suspicious wagon accident, Julia is excited to investigate along with two male reporter friends. But it turns out the sheriff’s death involves bootlegging. And in 1910, the countryside is a patchwork of wet and dry localities, with prohibition passions threatening the peace. In Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis, police detectives and even Julia’s suffragist housemates make the investigation complicated—and deadly. As she sees her two friends increasingly in danger, Julia worries that her urge to investigate is the cause of the continuing violence. Finding herself attracted to one of the men makes the situation more worrisome. Julia has to decide. She can take the advice of almost everyone to lay low and let the real police detect. Or she can struggle to expose a surprise enemy and push the investigation to a dangerous finish.

Hidden History of Downtown St. Louis

Hidden History of Downtown St. Louis
Author: Maureen O'Connor Kavanaugh
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-01-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 143965929X

A reputation as the town of shoes, booze and blues persists in St. Louis. But a fascinating history waits just beneath the surface in the heart of the city, like the labyrinth of natural limestone caves where Anheuser-Busch got its start. One of the city's Garment District shoe factories was the workplace of a young Tennessee Williams, referenced in his first Broadway play, The Glass Menagerie. Downtown's vibrant African American community was the source and subject of such folk-blues classics as "Frankie and Johnny" and "Stagger Lee," not to mention W.C. Handy's classic "St. Louis Blues." Navigate this hidden heritage of downtown St. Louis with author Maureen Kavanaugh.

The Story Of Old St. Louis

The Story Of Old St. Louis
Author: Thomas Edwin Spencer
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-04-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781012161514

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Stories from Before

Stories from Before
Author: Janet Morey
Publisher: Missouri History Museum
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1883982626

"In more than forty collected stories, immigrants living in St. Louis write compelling accounts of their earlier lives"--Provided by publisher.