Here’s your chance to buy one of the last copies I have of The Colorful Characters of St. Louis following the fire at the Reedy Press warehouse. Reedy will reprint them, but I don’t know when. So if you want to get a copy for Christmas, you should buy one of the 16 remaining collectors’ copies, shown above. Fortunately, you’ll have your chance on Sunday, Nov. 26.
I’m scheduled to sign books from 1-5 p.m. that day at Circa STL Restaurant & Tavern, 1090 Old Des Peres Road, Des Peres. But if you want to make sure you’re buy one, you really should get there closer to 1 than 5. You know what they say about the way people buy hot cakes.
Speaking of hot cakes, they’re on sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., when you should get in line to have me sign one of your copies. After that, you can feast on such fare as STL BBQ Pork Steak Dinner, toasted ravioli (of course) and a variety of beverages. You also can peruse the thousands of bits of St. Louis memorabilia on display, but only after you buy one of my books.
Jim Merkel the Writer 