For 33 years, William Magnan walked the streets of St. Louis as a postal carrier. His natural curiosity about the names of streets and history of the city led him and his wife Marcella to write The Streets of St. Louis. 
With a historical narrative and comprehensive index of street names as well as a thorough appendix of state governors, city mayors and city schools, the Magnans show how the famous, infamous and unknown have left their marks on the city with a street sign.

The Streets of St. Louis

Travel

Marcella C Magnan

William B. Magnan

United States

Virginia Publishing

Deep beneath the streets and buildings of St. Louis lie forgotten caves that once harbored native Americans, mushroom growers, beer makers, even a group of turn-of-the-century "tramps." In the early 1960s, brewery worker Hubert Rother and his wife Charlotte explored many of the caves before they were sealed. Combining personal recollections and historical research, Lost Caves of St. Louis provides a fascinating mussing chapter in the city's history.

Lost Caves of St. Louis

History

Rother, Charlotte

Rother, Hubert

Americas

"The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks". These words grace the headstone of Tennessee Williams, one of those profiled in this fascinating look at the lives, deaths and burial places of well-known St. Louisans. "Final Resting Place" includes short biographies as well as descriptions and maps of the city's largest cemeteries, Bellefontaine and Calvary. Throughout the text are historical items such as the Mississippi River island where duels were fought, a dramatic plane crash that killed a mayor and his staff, and the elaborate funerals of the Busch family. 
From the poet T.S. Eliot to sports editor Bob Burnes; from explorer William Clark to World's Fair promoter David Francis; from Civil War general William Sherman to airplane builder James McDonnell; from slave Dred Scott to Negro League baseball player James "Cool Papa" Bell; from St. Rose Phillipine Duchesne to Archbishop John May; from entertainer Josephine Baker to actress Betty Grable; from brewers Adolphus Busch to William Lemp, author Kevin Amsler weaves the stories of these prominent people into the rich history of the city.

Final Resting Place : The Lives and Deaths of Famous St. Louisans

Amsler, Kevin

Using KMOX archives, family memoirs, interviews, letters and nearly 100 photos, the book documents the history of KMOX, the birth of the talk radio format and the career of Bob Hardy, known as Mr. Radio News. In 1960, KMOX established the first complete information-based format with local, national and international news, sports coverage and listener call-ins. Robert Hyland, KMOX General Manager, is credited with initiating the new format and recruiting Bob Hardy. Together, Hyland and Hardy accomplished many firsts for KMOX, including the first radio bridge in 1989, linking KMOX and Moscow Radio. The book describes broadcast highlights including coverage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy; the first broadcast of the Missouri Legislature; the topping out of the St. Louis Arch; and opening day for the new Busch Stadium. Over the years, KMOX has aired the voices of broadcasters such as Jim White, Lou Payne, John McCormick, Jack Buck, Rex Davis, Jack Carney, Anne Keefe, Bob Costas, Bill Wilkerson, Wendy Wiese, Harry Caray, Dan Dierdorf and Charles Brennan. Chinn shares letters recipes from many of these KMOX personalities as well as other KMOX employees and listeners. An epilogue by Rita Hardy, wife of the late Bob Hardy, concludes the book.

At Your Service - KMOX and Bob Hardy : Pioneers of Talk Radio

Chinn, Sandra Hardy

Originally published in 1988, St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts is back in print and greatly expanded and revised. With updated information and more contemporary and historic photos of the city, this user-friendly guidebook is still the first and only of its kind. St. Louis:Landmarks and Historic Districts is the foremost resource on the city's sites, buildings and districts officially designated by the City of St. Louis or the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by Paradowski Graphic Design, this richly illustrated edition features a special open-flat binding and 12 full-color, full-page images introducing each chapter. The book contains detailed maps &amp; more than 450 color and black &amp; white photos. Available through Virginia Publishing Co., St. Louis, MO.

St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts

Toft, Carolyn Hewes

Louisiana Purchase is an historical novel about a French noblemans adventures as he travels from Versailles to New Orleans and to the new city of St. Louis.

Louisiana Purchase

Literature & Fiction

A.E. Hotchner

Genre Fiction

In "St. Louis Lost", author Mary Bartley uncovers the architectural treasure of the city-and the stories of the people behind the walls-that have since vanished. 
Read about the city's first "rehab" project, when Auguste Chouteau renovated a home built by Pierre LaClede, later torn down; the 1,155-acre Chouteau's Pond that covered part of what is now downtown St. Louis; the destruction of Indian burial mounds similar to those which exist now in Cahokia; Vandeventer Place, thought to be the grandest of the private streets ever built; a 1947 city of St. louis plan that still exists, calling for the destruction of "obsolescent" and "blighted" neighborhoods such as Lafayette Square, Soulard, and the Hill.

St. Louis Lost: Uncovering the City's Architectural Treasures

Bartley, Mary

History and first-person accounts of this famous no tell motel. Includes more than 100 color and b/w photos by Route 66 photographer Shellee Graham.

Tales From the Coral Court: Photos & Stories from a Lost Route 66 Landmark

Shellee Graham

Cruizin North County is a collection of fond memories about growing up in north St. Louis county in the 1950s to 1970s. It is the first-ever book to capture the spirit of that time and place. Authors Craig Kaintz and Bill Kasalko have spent years gathering photographs of their favorite hangouts, from the Chain of Rocks amusement park to Chuck-A-Burger, from the diners to the drive-ins, from Bob Kuban to Ike &amp; Tina Turner. Were our homes like Ward and June Cleaver s? Not exactly, but our fathers worked, our mothers stayed home and we all had a friend or two like Eddy Haskell. It was new and it was kool. Whether you re from North County or not, you ll enjoy this pictorial time machine of a quintessential American suburb.

Cruizin' North County, Remembering our Happy Days in a St. Louis Suburb, 1950s to 1970s

Craig Kaintz

Bill Kasalko

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The Streets of St. Louis

Lost Caves of St. Louis

Final Resting Place : The Lives and Deaths of Famous St. Louisans

At Your Service - KMOX and Bob Hardy : Pioneers of Talk Radio

St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts

St. Louis: Landmarks and Historic Districts

Louisiana Purchase

St. Louis Lost: Uncovering the City's Architectural Treasures

Tales From the Coral Court: Photos & Stories from a Lost Route 66 Landmark

Cruizin' North County, Remembering our Happy Days in a St. Louis Suburb, 1950s to 1970s