Storied & Scandalous St. Louis

A History of Breweries, Baseball, Prejudice, and Protest

Jo Allison (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2021
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-5917-1 (ISBN)

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Author Jo Allison delves into the shocking stories of the Gateway City’s seamy past, including tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, Spiritualism scuffles, Prohibition protests, and women's suffrage.

At the turn of the Twentieth Century, St. Louis, Missouri, was the fourth largest city in the country. For years, it was the westernmost metropolis, known for its manufacturing, beer, railroad hub, music, baseball, World’s Fair, and its romance with the Mississippi. This collection of shocking stories ripped from the headlines of the Gateway City’s seamy past includes tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, and Spiritualism scuffles. Readers will also meet the formative female figures behind the women’s suffrage movement in St. Louis, and discover how local brewers fought against Prohibition with the help of America’s favorite pastime—baseball.

Jo Allison (the pen name of Linda Dobkins) grew up in Missouri and spent ten years as a journalist, mostly for newspapers. She was the first woman to do television news in her home town of Joplin, Missouri. Although she went on to teaching and researching, she believes reporting was the best education she could have had. More information is available on her website, joallisonauthor.com.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.07.2021
Zusatzinfo	36 BW Photos
Verlagsort	Old Saybrook
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 230 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4930-5917-3 / 1493059173
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-5917-1 / 9781493059171
Zustand	Neuware