What's With St. Louis? Second Edition
What's With St. Louis? Second Edition

Author: Valerie Battle Kienzle

Publisher: Reedy Press LLC

Published: 2018-10-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1681061848

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Why are turtles incorporated into the wrought iron fence at The Old Court House? Can beaver be eaten during Lent? Why are pieces of metal track imbedded in some local streets? Who is Sweet Meat, and should he be avoided? These and other questions about St. Louis routinely perplex both natives and newcomers to the area. In this updated version of her 2016 book, author Valerie Battle Kienzle continues her quest to find answers to some of The Gateway City’s most puzzling questions, digging through countless archives and talking to local experts. Part cultural study of The River City and part history lesson, the book reveals the backstories of more local places, events, and beloved traditions. Want to know why St. Louisans are so obsessed with soccer or why the acclaimed Missouri Botanical Garden contains a Japanese garden? Look no further. Dig into this informative and entertaining update for answers to those and dozens of other questions.

The Book of St. Louisans
The Book of St. Louisans

Author: Albert Nelson Marquis

Publisher:

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13:

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This second edition of the biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of St. Louis, contains many names not listed in the earlier issue, names unavoidably overlooked in a first edition, as well as a large number representing new residents of St. Louis, and others who have come into prominence since the first edition was printed.

Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch, Second Edition: St. Louis's South Side
Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch, Second Edition: St. Louis's South Side

Author: Jim Merkel

Publisher: Reedy Press LLC

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 193580684X

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In the South Side, there lived a tactless TV guy who had a way of getting tossed out of everything on camera, from the old VP Fair to Bill Clinton’s 1996 local re-election victory party. On the South Side, there dwelt a collector of ancient vacuum cleaners, none of which worked when he demonstrated them before millions of guffawing viewers watching on national television. And on the South Side, a beer baron tried to fight off Prohibition with a high-class, three-sided beer hall. It’s all in the second edition of Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis’s South Side. The first edition captured the essence of the South St. Louis, with its tales of women scrubbing steps ever Saturday, the yummy brain sandwich, and a nationally known gospel performer who ran a furniture store in the Cherokee neighborhood. These stories, along with the new ones that fill the second edition, convey what gives a truly unique place its rough but charming personality. The result—Holy Hoosiers!—is an edition that’s even better than the first!

Passing It On: Folklore of St. Louis, 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated
Passing It On: Folklore of St. Louis, 2nd Edition, Revised and Updated

Author: Dr. John L. Oldani

Publisher: Reedy Press LLC

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1935806351

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Author: John L. Oldani, PhD Size: 6 x 9 Bindings: softcover Pages: 200 ISBN: 9781935806356 Cost: $19.95 How do urban folktales of the "choking Doberman" relate to St. Louis ethnic groups? What are the rites of passage for young St. Louis men involving cemeteries? Did you ever "?narck?" And what happened when you didn't "trick" without a "treat?" These and other examples of St. Louis folklore are practiced for a "reason." The oral traditions of folklore are dynamic reflections of a culture-growing, changing, and rede?ned. The ?rst edition of Passing It On described the foundations of some of the folklore of the St. Louis area from the folk vocabulary through jokes, superstitions, proverbs, and family lore. In their "passing" from folk group to folk group, these St. Louis traditions have been adopted and adapted by various St. Louis cultures. This revised and updated edition adds the folkways of more ethnic groups, which have assimilated the lore without losing their own past. Urban tales from St. Louis neighborhoods, instructive in their telling, reflect our growth and are included in this new edition as well. Additionally, occupational folklore from the "rank and ?le" of St. Louis has its own chapter and helps de?ne the "worker." There are even more superstitions, vocabulary, and "boomer" lore from the St. Louis region. All of it is "passed on" as it shapes St. Louis culture.

Lost Treasures of St. Louis, 2nd Edition
Lost Treasures of St. Louis, 2nd Edition

Author: Cameron Collins

Publisher: Lost Treasures

Published: 2023-10-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781681064819

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Published in 2017, Lost Treasures of St. Louis provided a kaleidoscope of bygone places, events, and items once identified with the Gateway City. Now, in an all-new second edition, Lost Treasures of St. Louis continues the journey down memory lane. Fully updated and brimming with more than 130 new entries, memories of places like Eat-Rite, Schneidhorst's, Village Square, and Ponticello's are brought back to life and placed alongside famous St. Louis memories such as the Admiral, Forest Park Highlands, and Phil the Gorilla. Celebrate dancing to Ike and Tina at the Club Imperial, Bowling for Dollars at the Arena, taking in movies at Ronnie's Drive-In, and myriad other pastimes enjoyed through the years. Rarely seen photos and artifacts will revive eateries like Miss Hulling's Cafeteria and the Floating McDonald's, entertainment and sports attractions like the Pevely Fountain and Sportsman's Park. Retail stores like Famous-Barr and Grandpa Pigeon's, and community establishments like Cleveland High School and Homer G. Phillips Hospital, and locally manufactured products like Mavrakos Candy and Falstaff beer. Gone but not forgotten, all of the subjects featured in this new second edition will elicit nostalgia and reveal how the past has shaped out city.

City Dweller
City Dweller

Author: Patrick J. Kleaver

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-31

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Join life-time St. Louisan Patrick John Kleaver as he continues his life's story in this UPDATED AND EXPANDED version of his book CITY DWELLER: A LIFETIME LIVING AND WORKING IN ST. LOUIS. Beginning where his book GROWING UP IN OLD NORTH ST. LOUIS: UPDATED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION left off, he shares what it was like working in the private sector; for city government; and in the Federal civil service, with details about his beloved parents in their later years. Exploring St. Louis neighborhoods that no longer exist (such as Mill Creek Valley) or have drastically changed through the years (such as Columbus Square), you will learn about their architecture and history, including their rise, decline and rebirth. He discusses closed and still functioning Catholic churches, such as the Alverne Chapel, St. Bridget of Erin, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Elizabeth, St. John The Apostle and Evangelist, St. Nicholas, the Old Cathedral and the Resurrection of Our Lord, with historic and rarely seen photographs of many. Also recounted is the history of long-forgotten cemeteries that had been in or near downtown St. Louis, the near south side of downtown, and the city's Central West End. In this totally revamped and rewritten SECOND EDITION of his book originally published in 2013 he brings you totally UP-TO-DATE with the many changes that have occurred in the neighborhoods he discusses. DEAR READERS: This book is available legitimately only in a printed paperback format. ELECTRONIC VERSIONS ARE PIRATED COPIES FOR WHICH THE AUTHOR RECEIVES NO ROYALTIES AND MAY CONTAIN CONTENT NOT AUTHORED BY HIM. Please buy your copy ONLY as a paperback from Amazon or other reputable online booksellers (or for libraries and schools, only from recognized institutional distributors). THANK YOU!

The Legend of Crazy Woman Canyon Second Edition
The Legend of Crazy Woman Canyon Second Edition

Author: Dr. Gary L. Morris

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-10-26

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1479729051

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Manuela Lisa, the beautiful raven-haired daughter of a wealthy Spanish fur trader, was forced t flee her St. Louis home and venture westward at the age of 13 after the mysterious untimely death of her father. At her fathers bedside she received a small packet and, in his dying breath, her father told her a secret that would cause her to travel the mountains and valleys of the American wilderness to fulfill her quest. This is her storya courageous woman who left her mark in a mans world in the American west of the 1800s.