{"product_id":"seeking-st-louis-lee-ann-sandweiss-9781883982119","title":"Seeking St. Louis: Voices from a River City, 1670-2000 Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplementing the new permanent exhibition at the Missouri Historical Society, this anthology gathers over three centuries of writings on St. Louis by 100 individuals who have been inspired to describe the physical and cultural essence of this region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains excerpted selections from all genres--travel diaries, poetry, fiction, journalism, drama, and rare out-of-print and previously unpublished archival material--including poems by Angus Umphraville, from the first volume of verse published west of the Mississippi, and newspaper articles by Theodore Dreiser when he was a beat reporter for the \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Globe-Democrat.\u003c\/i\u003e Other compelling excerpts were authored by such notables as Auguste Chouteau, Charles Dickens, William Wells Brown, William T. Sherman, Sara Teasdale, T. S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, Fanny Hurst, William S. Burroughs, Miles Davis, Nzotake Shange, John Lutz, Carl Phillips, and Quincy Troupe. A biographical introduction precedes each entry to place the author and the excerpt in the proper historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe content of \u003ci\u003eSeeking St. Louis\u003c\/i\u003e was enriched by the involvement of several of the St. Louis area's foremost literary experts--Robert Boyd, Jan Garden Castro, Gerald Early, Wayne Fields, and Karen Goering--who served as contributing editors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Ann Sandweiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1883982111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781883982119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Missouri Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.46w x 2.48d","brand":"Lee Ann Sandweiss","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052589609215,"sku":"9781883982119","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85d99e66-96ba-467c-a1b5-fd834dece90c.jpg?v=1685019675","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seeking-st-louis-lee-ann-sandweiss-9781883982119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}