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Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000

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If anybody asked me--describe St. Louis--I can now just hand them a copy of this book. Beginning with Pere Jacques Marquette and concluding with Gerald Early, 300 plus years of St. Louis are illustrated through various memoirs, stories, poems, essays and plays as told by St. Louisans (both well known and lesser known).

Not just mere public relations ad campaign for the region, the collection also confronts issues head-on that have plagued the region for quite some time. However many selections also remind us how many great aspects there are in this region to offer its citizens.

The introductions and bios for the individual authors also provide great context and insight to the pieces, as well as including many interesting tibits of information that even the most knowledgable St. Louisian wouldn't know. Kudos to Lee Ann Sandweiss and everyone at the Missouri Historical Society for assembling an anthology very worthy of anyone who "seeks St. Louis."

Thank you Lee Ann Sandweiss. Ms Sandweiss has compiled a comprehensive overview of material spanning the entire history of St Louis (well, until the year 2000). There are essays, short stories and novel excerpts. There are republished newspaper features and even a few poems. It is an interesting way to learn St. Louis history, from first hand accounts of the people who were there.