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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicBoernstein, Henry
Title, MonographicThe Mysteries of St. Louis: A Novel
Translation/TitleGeheimnisse von St. Louis
Edition or Versiona modern edition by Steven Rowan and Elizabeth Sims
Author/Subsidiary, or PerformerMuench, Friedrich
Author Role 2 or Performer/Directortranslator
Place of PublicationChicago
PublisherCharles H. Kerr Publishing Company
Date of Publication1990
Extent of Workxvi, 303
Series TitleThe Foreign-Language American Left Series
ISBN088286-168-9
AbstractThe Mysteries of St. Louis is an outstanding example of a pre-Civil-War German-American best-seller. It conveys the distinctive flavor of an important current of antebellum German-American popular culture.
NotesGerman-American author; introduction by Steven Rowan ; book, in MadCat; originally published as a 4 part series with title Die Geheimnisse von St. Louis, in the newspaper Anzeiger des western, 1851. Includes bibliographical references. Muench, Friedrich, 1799-1881
Call NumberMKI PT 1823 B2 G413 1990
MKI TermsSt. Louis (Mo.)/ Fiction