Stories & Studies - Calling St. Louis Home
	Whether the German settlers traveled by boat from New Orleans or by railroad from the East, many decided to put their roots down in St. Louis.  Read about their lives in their newly adopted city.
	Books
	Zion in the valley  By Walter Ehrlich History of St. Louis’ Jewish community. Most of its members from the early 19th century to the 1880s “came from the European German states and northwestern parts of the Austrian Empire, and were commonly referred to as ‘German Jews’.” Vol. 1 covers 1807-1907; Vol. 2 The twentieth century.
	The mysteries of St. Louis  By Henry Boernstein A romantic, anti-clerical novel set in St. Louis, Boernstein's Die Geheimnisse von St. Louis was published in 1851 as a serial in the St. Louis newspaper Anzeiger des Westens. Translated by Friedrich Muench. Modern edition by Steven Rowan and Elizabeth Sims.
	Germans for a free Missouri  By Steven Rowan Offers a broad selection translated from the German-language newspapers of St. Louis depicting life among the German immigrants in Missouri in the period immediately before and during the Civil War (1857-1863).
	The German element in St. Louis  By Ernst D. Kargau Translation of the 1893 St. Louis in fruheren jahren: ein Gedenkbuch fur das Deutschthum. A guide to the St. Louis German-American community, this work covers the German-American businesses and industry, churches, physicians, theaters and other institutions and organizations before World War I.
	It’s Kitzel – it’s me!  By Ruth Yaeger Anderson Reminiscences of family life by Anderson, who grew up in St. Louis’s Central West End in early 20th century. Her German-speaking family emigrated in the 1850s.
	St. Louis Germans, 1850-1920  By Audrey Olson This doctoral dissertation explores the nature of the pre-World War I German-American community in St. Louis and its assimilation to the American scene. Microfilm copy also available in Microforms Dept.
	St. Louis: landmarks & historic districts  By Carolyn Hewes Toft Many of the locations listed in this richly illustrated guide to St. Louis sites, buildings and districts officially designated by the City of St. Louis or the National Register of Historic Places have German-American associations.
	Compton Heights  By Carolyn Hewes Toft, and Jane Molloy Porter The Compton Heights subdivision in South St. Louis was designed in the late 19th century to house prominent and wealthy German-American families. This work includes a house-by-house survey of the neighborhood, providing information about each of its resident families.
	Websites
	Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis  Index to all the St. Louis Archdiocese cemetery records.
	Howard William Bode  One of St. Louis’ forgotten pioneer aviators.
	Books on this list can be borrowed from your library.  St. Louis Public Library cardholders can use the Library's online catalog to find specific locations where these books can be found.

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