Literary St. Louis: A Guide (Volume 1)

A descriptive and informative guide to more than 100 sites of literary significance in the greater St. Louis area, "Literary St. Louis: A Guide" includes historical and biographical information, maps, literary anecdotes, and photographs. Edited by William H. Gass and Lorin Cuoco, the volume includes selections by T. S. Eliot, Mark Twain, Sara Teasdale, Fannie Hurst, William S. Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Kate Chopin, Thomas Wolfe, and many others who have helped define American literature over the past 150 years. This book is indispensable for understanding the region's rich literary landscape.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883982359
• ISBN13: 9781883982355
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A unique, fun and informative approach to sightseeing

Literary St. Louis: A Guide features fifty authors who lived and worked in St. Louis in a guidebook that is ideal for visitors or city residents wanting to explore the diverse literary history of this fascinating region. Enhanced throughout with photographs, maps, illustrations, and colorful anecdotes, the reader is treated to a St. Louis Literary Chronology, commentaries by literary luminaries ranging from Mark Twain to Tennessee Williams, a locations list, bibliography, and a very useful index. If you are planning a trip to St. Louis, Missouri, then William Gass and Lorin Cuoco's Literary St. Louis: A Guide offers a unique, fun and informative approach to sightseeing and historical surveys.