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

The second part in a multi-volume history of St. Louis, Rising on the River tells the story of the boomtown that rose to become the commercial hub and cultural capital of the American frontier. While the book is the authoritative and thoroughly researched result of more than thirty years of scholarship, it's also a work of vivid storytelling that will excite anyone interested in nineteenth century St. Louis.