Kate Chopin
Catherine O’Flaherty, later known as Kate Chopin, was born on February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri. Her father was an Irish immigrant and her mother had cultural ties to Louisiana […]
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Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi
Below is Chapter IV of Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi. I happened to pick up the book this last week and thought its references to St. Louis would make […]
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