Stories from Before: The New Voices of Immigrants in St. Louis

by Gail Schafer and Gail Schafers

Before entering the United States for the first time and settling in St. Louis, Missouri, these students packed up their histories and memories. Here, in more than forty collected stories, the new voices of immigrants living in St. Louis recount tales both dramatic and mundane: A Liberian tells of inheriting the role of chief witch doctor from his uncle at the age of nine. A Bosnian tells of being rescued by a fishing boat from drowning in the Adriatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883982626
• ISBN13: 9781883982621
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Missouri Historical Society Press
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.