Andrew Hurley has gathered thirteen original essays to tell a compelling story of one city's history. It is a story built on the never-ending tension between urban growth and environmental sustainability - a tension that defines the fate not just of St. Louis, but of cities around the world. In these pages, geographers, archaeologists, and historians come together to consider the enduring ties between a city's diverse residents and the physical environment on which their well-being depends.    Buy this book now!

Deep beneath the streets and buildings of St. Louis lie forgotten caves that once harbored native Americans, mushroom growers, beer makers, even a group of turn-of-the-century "tramps." In the early 1960s, Hubert Rother and his wife explored many of the caves before they were sealed. Combining personal recollections and historical research, Lost Caves of St. Louis provides a fascinating chapter in the city's history.    Buy this book now!

Autobiography of Lindbergh's historic adventure piloting his single-engine plane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris on the first nonstop flight over the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927. "It was in this book, written over a period of seventeen years, that he tried to represent as accurately as he possibly could both the story and the meaning of his 1927 flight. In doing this, inevitably, he also told the reader who he was."--Reeve Lindbergh    Buy this book now!

In his forthright and honest autobiography, St. Louis Cardinal, World Series, and Super Bowl broadcaster, Jack Buck entertains all of his fans once more in a different setting. This book is the story of a remarkable man's life. A member of 11 Hall's of Fame, incl- ding both the baseball and football Halls of Fame. If you are a St. Louis Cardinals fan, you will find that material is there, but the book is immensely enjoyable for other reasons.    Buy this book now!