The Dead End Kids of St. Louis: Homeless Boys and the People Who Tried to Save Them

by Bonnie Stepenoff

Book Overview

Joe Garagiola remembers playing baseball with stolen balls and bats while growing up on the Hill. Chuck Berry had run-ins with police before channeling his energy into rock and roll. But not all the boys growing up on the rough streets of St. Louis had loving families or managed to find success. This book reviews a century of history to tell the story of the "lost" boys who struggled to survive on the city's streets as it evolved from a booming late-nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826222420
• ISBN13: 9780826222428
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5