{"product_id":"soulard-st-louis-9781531604530","title":"Soulard St. Louis","description":"From its earliest days as Old Frenchtown, Soulard, \u003cbr\u003eSt. Louis, has embodied a bold and colorful tapestry of \u003cbr\u003eimmigrant life in America. With remarkable depth, authors \u003cbr\u003eMontesi and Deposki have detailed the birth, destruction, \u003cbr\u003eand final restoration of this historic area through over \u003cbr\u003e200 photographs. \u003cbr\u003eBequeathed by the widow of surveyor Antoine Soulard \u003cbr\u003eto the city of St. Louis in 1842, what was once a plot of \u003cbr\u003eland intended for a vegetable market became a center of a \u003cbr\u003ecommunity of popular parks, breweries, churches, and shops. \u003cbr\u003eMasses of Eastern European immigrants flocked to Soulard, \u003cbr\u003ejust outside downtown St. Louis, to start a new life of hope \u003cbr\u003eand growth. German, Irish, Italian, and Czech influences can \u003cbr\u003ebe seen here in the images of the infamous \"brew barons,\" \u003cbr\u003ehorse-drawn market carts, and \"flounder\" houses that the \u003cbr\u003eauthors have reproduced with insightful captions. Captured \u003cbr\u003ehere in original photographs is the inescapable fury of the \u003cbr\u003eGreat Cyclone of 1896 that destroyed the area but not its \u003cbr\u003eclenched-fist determination to survive. Montesi and Deposki \u003cbr\u003etake us on a heroic journey through the annals of time to \u003cbr\u003ediscover the tenacious heart of a neighborhood now known \u003cbr\u003eas St. Louis' most popular venue for jazz and blues\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811715416338,"sku":"9781531604530","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6745a10b-f499-47d8-9cc9-64412aa21167.jpg?v=1766488123","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/soulard-st-louis-9781531604530","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}