March marks the 50^th anniversary of one of the most important books ever published about poverty in the United States. Michael Harrington, born and raised in St. Louis, wrote of a population invisible to most Americans. Read more »

Comics’ Second City: The Gateway History of the American Comic Book

By Mike Phoenix (St. Louis, 2010)

Reviewed by Lauren Mitchell, Senior Editor Read more »

The Flags of Civil War Missouri

By Glenn Dedmondt (Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co., 2010)

Reviewed by William C. Winter Read more »

Yankee Warhorse: A Biography of Major General Peter Osterhaus Read more »

Rising on the River: St. Louis 1822 to 1850, Explosive Growth from Town to City

By Frederick A. Hodes, Ph.D. Read more »

By Michael J. Trinklein (Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2010)

Reviewed by Lauren Mitchell, Senior Editor

Lost States is an entertaining and somewhat informative read. Is this scholarly research backed up by copious citations? No. Read more »

By Barrett Tillman (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010)

Reviewed by Earl K. Dille

Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan tells the story of the end of World War II, and it is brilliantly researched and told by Mr. Read more »

St. Louis native and Missouri History Museum author A. E. Hotchner (The Boyhood Memoirs of A. E. Hotchner: King of the Hill and Looking for Miracles) is receiving wonderful reviews for his latest book, Paul and Me: 53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal Paul Newman. Read more »

Army Life: From a Soldier’s Journal—Incidents, Sketches and Record of a Union Soldier’s Army Life, in Camp and Field, 1861–1864, by Albert O. Marshall. Edited and annotated by Robert G. Schultz (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2009).

Reviewed by William C. Winter

Albert O. Read more »

Just in time for the anniversary month of the historic Dred Scott decision at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, the St. Louis County Library has published Dred & Harriet Scott: Their Family Story, by Ruth Ann (Abels) Hager.

Dred and Harriet Scott explores how the 11-year legal battle to gain their freedom from enslavement affected the lives of Dred, his wife, Harriet, and their daughters, Eliza and Lizzie. Read more »