Lewis and Clark: Across the Divide
By Carolyn Gilman, Introduction by James P. Ronda, Essay by Gerard Baker

The Lewis and Clark expedition exerts a powerful hold on the American imagination. Sacagawea, Lewis, Clark, and other members of Jefferson's Corps of Discovery have been taken into the national heart and mind. In 2004, the Missouri Historical Society unveiled the 6,000-square-foot National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Exhibition, which included original specimens, journals, maps, manuscripts, art, and pieces of equipment from the expedition reassembled for the first time in two hundred years. This exhibition catalog tells the story of the expedition, from its inception in Jefferson's mind to the explorers' highly publicized return. But rather than concentrating on Lewis and Clark's encounters with the physical and natural landscape, this book instead focuses on human geography, giving prominence to the Indian nations the explorers met and the mental and social landscapes they traversed. Accompanied by original research on artifacts and documents, the catalog's core is the pictorial section. Photographs include:

• artifacts created or collected by Lewis and Clark during the expedition;
• artifacts used by members of the expedition;
• artifacts that reflect the personal lives of expedition members; and
• American Indian artifacts that match what Lewis and Clark described or would have seen.

The Enemy Among Us: POWs in Missouri During WWII
By David Fiedler

During World War II, more than fifteen thousand German and Italian soldiers came to Missouri. This was no invasionary force; rather these were prisoners of war, part of a flood of almost a half-million men captured and sent to the United States, held here until the end of the war. Life as a POW in the thirty camps scattered across Missouri was a surprisingly pleasant experience. The men ate well and were quartered under the same conditions as the Americans assigned to guard them, and the prisoners often enjoyed a great deal of freedom. The internees worked on local farms, often "guarded" only by a bored GI snoozing under a shade tree. They organized camp theater troupes, sports leagues, and orchestras, and some prisoners studied at the camp library for classes at the POW "university." For residents of the mostly small towns where these camps were located, the arrival of enemy POWs engendered a range of emotions - first fear and apprehension, then curiosity, and finally, in many cases, a feeling of fondness for the men they had come to know and like. In The Enemy Among Us, David Fiedler tells the story of entirely ordinary people who lived in extraordinary times. This fascinating tale recounts the creation of the camps and the lives touched when fate brought Missourians and the enemy face to face. Though they did not seek those circumstances, none could forget how their lives changed when POWs came to Missouri.

"A POW study about Missouri is long overdue."
Dr. Arnold Krammer, author of Nazi Prisoners of War in America

2003
480 pages, 105 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-49-9, $29.95, cloth

A Song of Faith and Hope: The Life of Frankie Muse Freeman
By Frankie Muse Freeman
With Candace O'Connor

Growing up in the Jim Crow-era South, Frankie Freeman learned lessons about discrimination. She walked places instead of taking the segregated streetcar; she felt hurts and vowed privately never to forget. But in her loving family, she also learned positive lessons about living: work hard, get an education, fight injustice, and make a difference. Freeman took all these lessons to Hampton Institute, to Howard University law school, then to her career as a St. Louis civil rights attorney, winning a landmark victory in the area of fair housing. In 1964, she became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, leaving in 1979 to serve as inspector general of the Community Services Administration. During these years, she was also St. Louis Housing Authority general counsel and lost her job amid bitter controversy stirred up by a commission hearing in St. Louis County. This memoir tells the story of Frankie Freeman's life and career. There were high points, such as meetings with President Lyndon Johnson, historic commission hearings, and her national presidency of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. There were also difficult events, such as the illness and death of her husband and son. Through it all, she continued to fight for what she believed in; she kept her faith and carried on.

2003
216 pages, 85 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-41-3, $29.95, cloth

St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw: A View beyond the Garden Wall
Edited and with an Introduction by Eric Sandweiss

Assembled in honor of the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Henry Shaw (1800-89), St. Louis in the Century of Henry Shaw is a joint publication of the Missouri Historical Society, University of Missouri Press, and Missouri Botanical Garden. The book is a collection of nine provocative essays that provide the definitive account of the cultural life of St. Louis during the 1800s, a thriving period during which the city acquired the status of the westernmost major metropolis in the United States. Born in Sheffield, England, Shaw immigrated to the United States in 1819 to help his father recoup property that he had in New Orleans. With sales depressed in the South, Shaw soon moved to St. Louis, where he ultimately became a successful businessman and philanthropist. Shaw witnessed the vast economic and cultural transformation of the city, and his own story mirrored those developments. When Shaw created the Missouri Botanical Garden in the 1850s, he wanted the public to enjoy its beauty and to learn from the research being conducted there. Together, the essays in this volume convey a sense of the cultural richness and diversity that made nineteenth-century St. Louis such a vibrant place. Anyone interested in cultural history, especially in St. Louis, will find this book invaluable.

2003
270 pages, 40 ills., index
ISBN: 0-8262-1439-8, $39.95, cloth

Exile in Erin
A Confederate Chaplain's Story: The Life of Father John B. Bannon
By William Barnaby Faherty, S.J.

John B. Bannon excelled in four distinct capacities: as a pastor of a thriving Catholic congregation in St. Louis; as a chaplain with the First Missouri Confederate Infantry; as a diplomat winning Irish support for the cause of the Confederacy; and as Ireland's greatest preacher in the 1880s. William Barnaby Faherty's book Exile in Erin: A Confederate Chaplain's Story looks at new historical research and covers Bannon's entire life including his boyhood in Ireland and his early years as a priest in St. Louis. Bannon gave up a major parish to serve the spiritual needs of the soldiers in the field the only chaplain in either army to do so. He swayed Irish opinion from Northern to Southern sympathy, then reoriented himself in his native land after the war. His preaching was part of a devotional revolution that put new life into the Irish Church. In reading Exile in Erin, Civil War buffs will view the conflict from an unusual vantage, students of Irish history will understand the Celtic religious scene from Catholic emancipation in 1827 to the vote for home rule and all readers will meet an inspirational personality.

2002
258 pages, 85 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-46-4, $29.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-47-2 ,$19.95, paper

St. Louis Politics: The Triumph of Tradition
By Lana Stein

There are two defining moments in St. Louis political history: the 1876 divorce from its county and the charter adoption in 1914. The institutions created at these times produced a factional and fragmented city government, thoroughly grounded in machine politics practices. Stein examines major themes in urban politics over the last century: race, redevelopment, suburbanization, and leadership. Successful mayoral candidates from Dickmann to Harmon have had to struggle with an office of limited power. Today, some St. Louisans cry out for home rule and governmental reform. Stein's work helps demonstrate that institutions structure political behavior and outcomes. Changing institutions can make a difference after political culture adapts to the new playing field.

“Anyone interested in St. Louis politics will benefit from reading this volume.”
—Lawrence O. Christensen, Missouri Historical Review

2002
320 pages, 35 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-43-x, $39.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-44-8, $19.95, paper

Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites
Second Edition
By John A. Wright

African Americans have been part of the story of St. Louis from the city's founding in 1764. Unfortunately, most histories of the city have overlooked or ignored their vital role, allowing their influence and accomplishments to go unrecorded or uncollected; that is, until the publication of Discovering African American St. Louis: A Guide to Historic Sites in 1994. A new and updated 2002 edition is now available to take readers on a fascinating tour of nearly four hundred African American landmarks, east and west of the Mississippi. From the boyhood home of jazz great Miles Davis in East St. Louis, Illinois, to the site of the house that sparked the landmark Shelly v. Kraemer court case, the maps, photographs, and text of Discovering African American St. Louis record a history that has been neglected.

2002
224 pages, 283 ills., index, maps
ISBN: 1-883982-45-6, $22.95, paper

St. Louis Architecture for Kids
By Lee Ann Sandweiss
Illustrated by Phyllis Harris
Photography by Gen Obata

Written and illustrated to appeal to children of all ages, St. Louis Architecture for Kids provides an exciting tour of the unique built landscape of the St. Louis region from A to Z! Lee Ann Sandweiss's playful verse incorporates history and local lore into a celebration of the region's architectural treasures. The text is complemented by color collage illustrations which combine the whimsy of Phyllis Harris's delightful characters and Gen Obata's exquisite architectural photography. St. Louis Architecture for Kids is a great way for children, parents, teachers, and grandparents to learn more about the familiar sites and surprising secrets of the St. Louis region. Colorful maps at the front and back provide useful references for those inspired to visit the sites on family or school outings. From the Arch to the Zoo, St. Louis Architecture for Kids is a must-have book for anyone who loves St. Louis and wants to ignite the curiosity and appreciation for its built environment in youngsters.

2001
36 pages, 32 ills.
ISBN: 1883982-42-1 $15.95, cloth

Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis
By Harper Barnes

David R. Francis was a brash, plain-spoken politician and businessman who was a major figure in American life a century ago. After he made his fortune in the risky commodities markets of post Civil War St. Louis, Francis became the youngest governor in the nation and for a time seemed destined for the White House. When he ran the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904, he was said to be the most photographed man in America. After a long and rich public life that included a landmark term as Grover Cleveland's forest-preservation secretary of the interior, Francis was Woodrow Wilson's ambassador to Russia in 1917, when the tsar was overthrown. The sixty-six-year-old Missourian embraced the Provisional Government of democratic socialist Kerensky, but he fought bitterly against the subsequent takeover by the Bolsheviks. In the midst of the tumultuous struggle, the headstrong Francis refused to break off a dangerous relationship with a much younger woman suspected of being a German spy, and some of his closest associates called for him to be sent home. But he refused to leave Russia until he was so ill he had to be carried onto a ship. By his side was his insatiably curious African American valet Phillip Jordan, who wrote home extraordinary letters describing the 1917 revolution, letters that are published in book form for the first time. Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis is a powerfully written biography of a fascinating man, and a long-needed reassessment of a controversial and important figure in U.S.-Soviet relations.

2001
494 pages, 75 ills., index
ISBN 1-883982-13-8 $34.95, cloth
ISBN 1-883982-17-0 $22.95, paper

Miles Davis and American Culture
Edited by Gerald Early

A brilliant icon of cool, Miles Davis was one of the twentieth century's greatest artists. With such classic recordings as Kind of Blue, the East St. Louis trumpeter inspired artists, poets, and other musicians with his musical conception and mysterious persona. Miles Davis and American Culture examines Davis in cultural context. This new collection of essays explores the St. Louis jazz scene of Davis's youth; looks at East St. Louis's cultural history; and examines Miles and his relation to civil rights and the black avant-garde of the 1960s.

2001
240 pages, 50 ills.
ISBN: 1-883982-37-5 $29.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-38-3 $19.95, paper

The St. Louis Irish: An Unmatched Celtic Community
By William Barnaby Faherty, S.J.

A French-founded frontier village that transformed into a booming nineteenth-century industrial mecca dominated by Germans, the city of St. Louis nonetheless resounds from the influence of Irish immigrants. Faherty's compelling and comprehensive tale about the Irish in St. Louis details the group's significant role in the development of area businesses, hospitals, schools, the Catholic Church, and even the game of soccer.

2001
288 pages, 100 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-39-1 $29.95, cloth

Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000
Edited by Lee Ann Sandweiss

This 1,088-page anthology gathers more than three centuries of writing on St. Louis, including travel diaries, fiction, journalism, and unpublished material by renowned and unknown writers.

2000
1,088 pages
ISBN: 1-883982-11-1 $45.00, cloth

After the Fall: Srebrenica Survivors in St. Louis
Text and Interviews by Patrick McCarthy

Through rich photographs and compelling interviews, After the Fall looks at the impact of war and the reality of ethnic cleansing in the life of a Bosnian refugee family in St. Louis.

2000
156 pages, 100 ills.
ISBN: 1-883982-36-7 $24.95, cloth

Literary St. Louis
By William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco

Literary St. Louis: A Guide comprises short biographies of important writers that contributed to St. Louis's rich literary history. William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco relate the stories of such notable authors as T.S. Eliot, Mark Twain, Sara Teasdale, Fannie Hurst, William S. Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Kate Chopin, Thomas Wolfe, and many other St. Louisans that have shaped both American literature and our city's rich literary landscape.

2000
272 pages, 100 ills.
ISBN: 1-883982-35-9 $19.95, paper

Three Essays: Reflections on the American Century
Introduction by Wayne Fields
With essays by Gerald Early, William H. Gass, and Naomi Leibowitz

Three Essays: Reflections on the American Century presents work by three of America's most distinguished writers—Gerald Early, William H. Gass, and Naomi Leibowitz. Each essay offers unique reflections on personal experience and is illustrated by the work of one of Washington University's resident artists. Together, the pieces demonstrate how art has reflected experience in the twentieth century. Supported by the Department of American Culture Studies at Washington University.

2000
144 pages, 12 color ills.
ISBN: 1-883982-33-2 $24.95, cloth (Indefinitely out of stock)
ISBN: 1-883982-34-0 $14.95, paper MHS-only SALE! $3.00

The One Hundred Greatest Moments in St. Louis Sports
By Bob Broeg
Foreword by Bob Costas

St. Louis played host to the 1904 Olympics, the creation of tennis's Davis Cup, seventy homeruns in a season, a man named Stan, the first forward pass in football, and the richest collection of soccer talent in North America. Retired St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist Bob Broeg recounts these tales and others in The One Hundred Greatest Moments in St. Louis Sports. In his unique style, Broeg recounts the people and events that shaped fourteen different St. Louis sports. Rich anecdotes and illustrations fill this rare and enjoyable volume.

2000
252 pages, 100 ills.
ISBN: 1-883982-31-6 $24.95, cloth

The Eads Bridge
Second Edition
Photographic Essay by Quinta Scott
Historical Appraisal by Howard S. Miller

Originally published in 1979, The Eads Bridge, by Quinta Scott and Howard S. Miller, is a powerful example of the bridge's hold on St. Louis's civic and artistic imagination. Scott's photographic essay explores the Eads Bridge as art and architecture in a series of beautiful renderings of its confident lines, spidery supports, gracefully bulky details, and unexpected interior spaces. The historical appraisal of the bridge by historian Howard S. Miller is fascinating reading that presents a refreshingly in-depth perspective on a beloved St. Louis landmark.

1999
154 pages, 94 ills., index
ISBN:1-883982-29-4 $29.95, cloth

In Her Place: A Guide to St. Louis Women's History
By Katharine T. Corbett

This new addition to the popular guidebook series explores women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St. Louis. Each chapter explores the experiences of women during a specific time period and identifies the sites of some of their public activities on a map of the city created from historical sources. The book also includes four tours of the St. Louis region addressing the themes of the book and identifying significant buildings, homes, and other key sites. A bibliography and resource listing make In Her Place an invaluable guide for anyone interested in studying the history of women in the region.

1999
320 pages, 150 ills., maps, index
ISBN: 1-883982-30-8 $39.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-26-X $22.50, paper

Common Fields: An Environmental History of St. Louis
Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew Hurley

In Common Fields, thirteen original essays tell of the city's constant tension between urban growth and environmental sustainability. The authors examine the relationship between the city's diverse residents and the environment on which their well-being depends.

1999
332 pages, 48 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-15-4 $29.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-16-2 $19.95, paper

Missouri: The WPA Guide to the "Show Me" State
Introduction by Walter A. Schroeder and Howard W. Marshall

Once considered a "foolish boondoggle" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration, the Federal Writers' Project was initiated to allow employment opportunity to those associated with the arts during the Great Depression. The American Guide Series became the most successful venture, offering jobs to writers nationwide as each state endeavored to produce a comprehensive guidebook. Under the direction of Charles van Ravenswaay, former director of the Missouri Historical Society, Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State was first published in 1941. Now, in a classic reprint, MHS Press restores this guidebook to its original splendor and returns it to the bookshelves.

1998
714 pages, 20 ills., index, Missouri road map
ISBN 1-883982-23-5 $24.95, paper

Lion of the Valley: St. Louis, Missouri, 1764 - 1980 Third Edition
By James Neal Primm

Primm establishes a general historical narrative of St. Louis from Pierre Laclède's first step from the bow of a bateau to the prototypes of MetroLink. As in most comprehensive accounts, Lion of the Valley focuses on the central institutions and personalities that have shaped the city, as well as the events and circumstances that brought fame, or fear, to the citizens of St. Louis.

1998
640 pages, 138 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-24-3 $35.95, cloth (Indefinitely out of stock)
ISBN: 1-883982-25-1 $27.95, paper

"Ain't But a Place": An Anthology of African American Writings about St. Louis
Edited and with an Introduction by Gerald Early

"Ain't But a Place" captures voices that comprise the African American experience in St. Louis over the past two hundred years. This rich collection spans a variety of genres to include the words of such notables as freed slaves and abolitionists William Wells Brown and Lucy Delaney; sports greats Bob Gibson, Henry Armstrong, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee; entertainers Dick Gregory, Miles Davis, Chuck Berry, and Tina Turner; and writers Eddy Harris, Ntozake Shange, Arna Bontemps, Quincy Troupe, and Eugene Redmond.

1998
544 pages
ISBN: 1-883982-27-8 $39.95, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-28-6 $24.95, paper

Memoirs of a Nobody: The Missouri Years of an Austrian Radical, 1849-1866
By Henry Boernstein
Translated, Edited, and with an Introduction by Steven Rowan

Radical editor, Republican Party operative, freethinking colleague of Karl Marx—Austrian Henry Boernstein was hardly a "nobody," but his is one of the nineteenth century's great unknown lives. Boernstein became a leader of the large German-speaking immigrant population in 1850s St. Louis and published his memoirs in two volumes in 1881. Steven Rowan's new translation and single-volume abridgment of the autobiography focuses on Boernstein's often-turbulent career in Missouri.

1997
436 pages, 17 ills., index
ISBN 1-883982-20-0 $27.95, cloth
MHS-only SALE! $5.00
ISBN 1-883982-21-9 $19.95, paper
MHS-only SALE! $3.00

Washington University in St. Louis: A History
By Ralph E. Morrow

One of the nation's outstanding private universities, Washington University has a rich history as an important part of the St. Louis intellectual, cultural, and geographic landscape. Former provost Ralph Morrow's lavishly illustrated full-length history of the university will be the definitive work on its topic for years to come.

1996
776 pages, 226 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-10-3 $69.95, cloth
MHS-only SALE! $34.95

Where We Live: A Guide to St. Louis Communities
Edited by Tim Fox with an Introduction by Eric Sandweiss

Where We Live examines thirty communities in the St. Louis area and reveals the cultural and historical forces that have shaped them over the years. This guidebook takes the reader—whether resident, tourist, or armchair traveler—from the colonial village of Cahokia, Illinois, to the modern-day suburb of Manchester, Missouri, and many points in between.

1995
240 pages, 127 ills., maps, index
ISBN: 1-883982-12-x $22.95, paper
MHS-only SALE! $11.48

Likeness and Landscape: Thomas M. Easterly and the Art of the Daguerreotype
By Dolores A. Kilgo

This is a beautiful volume that masterfully illuminates the career of a little known but gifted daguerrean, Thomas M. Easterly. Historian Alan Trachtenberg called this book "simply the most accomplished and most important study of an American artist in photography yet produced." This beautiful volume was a finalist for the internationally recognized 1996 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Awards and received an Honorable Mention in the American Association of Museums' 1995 Museums Publications Design Competition.

1994
244 pages, 250 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-03-0 $70.00, cloth
ISBN: 1-883982-04-9 $34.95, paper

A Century of Enterprise: St. Louis, 1894-1994
By Rockwell Gray
This volume traces the development of St. Louis business and industry over the past one hundred years. Produced with the help of the Ralston Purina Corporation.

1994
148 pages, 124 ills., index
ISBN: 1-883982-02-2 $16.95, paper
(Indefinitely out of stock)

Saint Louis: An Informal History of the City and Its People, 1764-1865
By Charles van Ravenswaay

An engaging anecdotal presentation of people and events that shaped St. Louis from the arrival of Laclède to the end of the Civil War. Generously illustrated with many color images from the Missouri Historical Society's vast collections, this stunning volume is a valuable addition to any library, public or private.

1991
568 pages, 405 ills., index
ISBN: 0-252-01915-6 $49.95, cloth