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!
A wish for Christmas
Published by Jim Merkel
Reedy Press published four of my books, Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis's South Side, 2010; Beer, Brats, and Baseball: St. Louis Germans, 2012; The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, The Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch; and the Second Edition of Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch: St. Louis's South Side, 2014. They're available in bookstores and online. For an autographed copy, send a check for $21.50 made out to Jim Merkel, to Jim Merkel, 4216 Osceola St., St. Louis, MO 63116. View more posts
Jim Merkel the Writer 
Jim,
As my Italian neighbors would say, “Buon Natale,” and as my Polish ancestors would say, “Wesolych Swiat, Bozego Narodzenia.” Hope “Hoosiers,” “Beer, Brats and Baseball” and your new book, as well as you and Lorraine, have a wonderful 2013.
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