Vandeventer Place: Gilded Age St. Louis by Michael Boyd and Thomas C. Grady

The History and traditions of Saint Louis are a fascinating, complex subject. This book is one element in the story which, until now, has evaded a comprehensive publication. To most St. Louisans of long presence in the town, the mention of Vandeventer Place conjures up a mixture of amazement and mystery. 

In this work, and for the first time, Grady and Boyd offer the comprehensive view of all fifty homes in Vandeventer Place, with biographical detail of the owners and the source of their considerable Gilded Age wealth, not as gossip but as a study of how wealth was gained and held in the time just after the Civil War. 

Paperback.