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Suggested Books, listed by title. (enter title into search box to find lowest
price):
Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764-1980
Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000
St. Louis Lost: Uncovering the Citys Architectural Treasures
Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities
The Streets of St. Louis
Final Resting Place : The Lives and Deaths of Famous St. Louisans
A Postcard Journey Back To Old St. Louis and The 1904 World's Fair
Neighborhoods, Images of America Series:
University City, Missouri
St. Louis Garden District
St. Louis Union Station
Central West End, St. Louis
Historic North St. Louis
Florissant
The Ville: St. Louis
Benton Park West
St. Louis' Big League Ballparks
Baseball in St. Louis : 1900-1925
As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder, and the New Madrid Earthquakes
Time of the French in the Heart of North America, 1673-1818
The War That Made America : A Short History of the French and Indian War
Jefferson and the Indians : The Tragic Fate of the First Americans
Sheheke: Mandan Indian Diplomat--The Story of White Coyote, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark
Under Three Flags: Exploring Early St. Louis History
Meet Me in St. Louis : A Trip to the 1904 World's Fair
Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border
Civil War St. Louis
The Civil War in St. Louis: A Guided Tour
Inside War : The Guerrilla Conflict in Missouri During the American Civil War
Germans for a Free Missouri: Translations from the St. Louis Radical Press, 1857-1862
George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter And Forgotten Politician (Missouri Heritage Readers)
Missouri's Confederate: Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Creation of Southern Identity in the Border West
Rails Across the Mississippi: A History of the St. Louis Bridge
St. Louis, 1875-1940 (Postcard History Series)
City of flight: The history of aviation in St. Louis
Streets and Streetcars of St. Louis: A Sentimental Journey
The Enemy Among Us: POWs in Missouri During World War II
So, Where'd You Go to High School? Vol. 1: Affton to Yeshiva: 200 years of St. Louis Area High Schools
Called to Courage: Four Women in Missouri History (Missouri Heritage Readers Series)
In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History
Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites
St. Louis: Disappearing Black Communities (Images of America Series)
African Americans in Downtown St. Louis (Images of America Series)
Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community
The Colored Aristocracy of St. Louis
The St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community
The St. Louis German Catholics
German Settlement in Missouri: New Land, Old Ways (Missouri Heritage Readers Series)
The Other Missouri History: Populists, Prostitutes, And Regular Folk
St. Louis Casa Loma Ballroom (Images of America Series)
Irish St. Louis (Images of America Series)
Frontier Illinois (History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier)
Cahokia: The Great Native American Metropolis
Cahokia: City of the Sun : Prehistoric Urban Center in the American Bottom
French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times
Kaskaskia Under the French Regime (Shawnee Classics)
The Conquest of the Illinois (Shawnee Classics)
George Rogers Clark and the War in the West
Belleville, 1814-1914 (Images of America: Illinois)
Made in USA: East St. Louis (history up till early 1900's)
Fictional Titles:
A St. Louis Saga, by Bernadette Bay O'Shaughnessy (an award winning time-travel romance)
Guerrilla Season by Pat Hughes (Missouri during the Civil War, as close to historical accuracy as any fiction can come. Although written for juveniles, I enjoyed this book immensely )
History Related Music
My Favorite History Inspired DVD's (Some I recommend primarily for entertainment):
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