Monthly Archives: December 2012

To Matt and Josh at Reedy Press, everybody who helped me write Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans, and all who picked up the book, Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!

From now until Christmas, I’m dropping the shipping fee on autographed copies of Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans and Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis Germans. Order by e-mailing me at stlmerkel@att.net. I’ll bill you $21.50 a copy.

On Sunday, Dec. 2, I’ll be at the St. Louis Genealogical Society Book Jamboree from 1-3 p.m. at the society’s office at 4 Sunnen Drive, Ste. 140, in Maplewood. It’s always a great place to buy books on local history. Then on Thursday, Dec. 6, I’ll be back at the German Cultural Society Hall atContinue reading “What’s ahead”

Each time I sign books at the German Cultural Society’s hall at 3652 S. Jefferson Ave., I get a new appreciation of German culture. Tonight (Saturday, Dec. 1) was no exception. At the Tag des Deutschen Kultuervereins (Day of the German Cultural Society), members got a free meal and were treated to lots of danceContinue reading “Back to the German Cultural Society hall”