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St. Louis History & Lore

The books in this section of BooksOnStLouis.com deal with topics of either serious historical significance (History) or the more intriguing and sometimes whimsical side of St. Louis' past (Lore). Either way, these books offer an entertaining and provocative look at St. Louis. Click on one of the links below to view the History or Lore titles offered.


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Big Book of St. Louis Nostalgia, The
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Laclede Gas and St. Louis - 150 Years of Working Together, 1857-2007
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See You in the Funny Papers: The Rich Tradition of St. Louis Cartooning
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Forest Park
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Mugging of Kiel Opera House, The: Civic Regress
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$19.99
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Best of St. Louis, The
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$34.95
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Good Order and Safety: A History of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, 1861-1906
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$29.95
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Historic Photos of St. Louis
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$39.95
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Stories from Before: The New Voices of Immigrants in St. Louis
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$19.95
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St. Louis Plans: The Ideal and the Real St. Louis
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$22.95
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Forest Park, St. Louis
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$9.95
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Turkey Day Game Centennial 1907-2007
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$45.00
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Muny, The: Songs of St. Louis Summers
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$34.95
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Forest Park Highlands
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$19.99
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Unyielding Spirit: The History of the Polish people in St. Louis
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$19.95
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Days & Nights of the Central West End, The :  Another Look at the Past and Present of the City's Most Exciting Neighborhood
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$17.95
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Greetings from St. Louis
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$24.95
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Lindenwood Model, The: An Antidote for What Ails Undergraduate Education
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$24.95
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100 Selma . . . 100 Years
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$40.00
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Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life (hard cover)
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$34.95
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Take it to the Limit - The Dave Mungenast Way
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$24.95
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Egan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-era Gang that Ruled St. LouisEgan's Rats: The Untold Story of the Prohibition-era Gang that Ruled St. Louis
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St. Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865
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$49.95
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Yankee In Creole Country: The Unfinished Vision of Justus Post in Frontier St. Louis
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$22.95
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Josephine Baker:  Image and Icon
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$35.00
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Unveiling the Prophet: The Misadventures of a Reluctant Debutante
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$19.95
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Kirkwood: A Pictorial History
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$34.95
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Hope and Healing -  St. Louis Children's Hospital: The First 125 Years
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$24.95
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Discover! America's Great River Road: The Middle Mississippi
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$15.95
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St. Louis: The Evolution of an American Urban Landscape
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$28.95
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Lift Every Voice and Sing:  St. Louis African Americans in the Twentieth Century
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$34.95
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I Remember Nonna
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$19.95
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Discover! America's Great River Road: The Lower Mississippi
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$15.95
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Lights…Camera…Arch!:  S. Louis and the Movies
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$19.95
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Under the Arch: St. Louis Stories
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$14.95
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Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis
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$22.95
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Meet Me In St. Louis
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$14.95
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Beyond the Frontier: A History of St. Louis
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$39.95
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Men To Remember: Jesuit Teachers at St. Louis University 1829-1979
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$14.95
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Three Essays: Reflections on the American Century
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$14.95
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Washington University in St. Louis: A History
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$69.95
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Lucking Out:  Memories of a Happy Marriage
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$15.00
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Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities
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$22.95
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City of Flight: The History of Aviation in St. Louis
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Flood of '93
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$10.95
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In the Spirit of Our Age: Eric Mendelsohn's B'nai Amoona Synagogue
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$24.95
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City of Gabriels:  The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973
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$27.00
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Memoirs of a Nobody: The Missouri Years of an Austrian Radical, 1849-1866
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$19.95
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Cheaters, The: The Walter Scott Murder
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$10.95
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History of St. Louis Gangsters, A
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$29.00
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Civil War St. Louis
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$17.95
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Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764-1980, Third Edition
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$27.95
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No Ordinary Joe: A Life of Joseph Pulitzer III
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$34.95
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Likeness and Landscape: Thomas M. Easterly and the Art of the Daguerreotype
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$34.95
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St. Louis Veiled Prophet Celebration: Power on Parade, 1877-1995
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$34.95
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Colonial St. Louis - Building a Creole Capital (Republication)
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$14.95
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Centuries of St. Louis
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$17.95
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Union Station:  A City Within a City
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$1.95
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First Harvest: Jewish Writing in St. Louis, 1991-1997
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$20.00
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New Harvest: Jewish Writing in  St. Louis 1998-2005
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$20.00
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Faith Family Future: Shaare Zedek
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$39.95
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Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites, Second Edition
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$22.95
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Seeking St. Louis: Voices From a River City, 1670-2000
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$45.00
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Civil War in St. Louis, The: A Guided Tour
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$22.95
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Overwhelming Odds
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$12.50
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Grand Hotels of St. Louis
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$19.99
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Common Fields: An Environmental History of St. Louis
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$29.95
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St. Louis at War: The Story of a City, 1941-45
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$14.95
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Pope John Paul II: Pastoral Visit to St. Louis
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$7.95
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St. Louis Garden District
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$19.99
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Gift To Glory In: The First Hundred Years of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1859-1959)
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$14.95
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Florissant
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$19.99
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Boyhood Memoirs of A.E. Hotchner, The: King of the Hill and Looking for Miracles
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$19.95
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Unending Struggle: The Long Road to an Equal Education St. Louis
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$19.95
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100 Years of Reel Entertainment
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$49.95
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Potraits Along the River: Working in the City of St. Louis
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$16.95
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Henry Shaw:  The Good Neighbor - The Saint Louis History of Henry Shaw
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$19.99
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Confluence: The River Heritage of St. Louis
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$19.99
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160 Years of Art at the St. Louis Mercantile Library: A Handbook to the Collections: an Anniversary Publication, 1846-2006
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$39.95
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