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Fire, pestilence, and death : St. Louis, 1849
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"With the help of primary sources housed in the collections of the Missouri Historical Society, this book reveals how fire, cholera, murder, greed, and mystery affected St. Louisans in 1849, in the...
"With the help of primary sources housed in the collections of the Missouri Historical Society, this book reveals how fire, cholera, murder, greed, and mystery affected St. Louisans in 1849, in the words of those who saw it all unfold"--
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- Creator
- by Christopher Alan Gordon
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- St. Louis : Missouri History Museum Press, 2018
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- 280 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781883982935, 1883982936
- OCLC
- on1011630693
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Fearful visitation -- '49ers coming through! -- Great conflagration -- Where were the watchmen? -- No rights and few freedoms -- The strange case of Nathaniel Childs Jr. -- The Montesquiou brothers murders -- The lasting legacies of 1849