Research Catalog

Title

Irish St. Louis / David A. Lossos.

Author

Lossos, David A.

Publication

Charleston, SC : Arcadia, c2004.

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Description

128 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"It's quite unlikely that Pierre Laclede and Auguste Chouteau could have comprehended the scope of their undertaking in 1764 when they laid out the settlement on the western banks of the Mississippi that was to become the metropolis of St. Louis. Founded by the French, governed by the Spanish, and heavily populated by the English and Germans, the role that the Irish had in making St. Louis what it is today is often overlooked. The Irish are steeped in tradition, and that trait did not leave the Irish immigrants when they arrived in St. Louis and called this place home. Like many other cities in America, the heritage of Ireland is alive and well in St. Louis. This book visually captures their Irish spirit, and portrays a few of the Irish "movers and shakers" alongside the "Irish commoner" in their new and challenging lives here in St. Louis"--from publisher's website.

Series Statement

Images of America

Uniform Title

• Images of America.
• Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts

Subject

• Irish Americans > Saint Louis > History > Pictorial works
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > History > Pictorial works
• Saint Louis (Mo.) > Biography

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Biographies
• History
• Pictorial works
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 128).

Contents

Forward / by Helen Gannon, President, St. Louis Irish Arts -- Introduction -- Notable St. Louis Irish -- Irish politicians of St. Louis -- Irish clergy -- Irish sports -- Irish neighborhoods, churches, and schools -- The everyday Irish -- Irish celebrations, music, and dance.

ISBN

0738532223 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003115615

OCLC

54816356

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library