Missouri Life October 2023

BOOKS

Pride of Place Authors pay tribute to Missouri’s beauty and culture.

ENDLESS RIVER, Brett Dufer, 124 pages, poetry and reflec tions, Pebble Publishing, softcover, (6 by 9 inches), $18.95. This author of more than a half-dozen mostly guide books and head of his own publishing firm unleashes his creative muse, inspired by the Missouri River, on which he led guided tours for 15 years. From

He takes the history through present day and tells the stories of Missouri’s 27,000 indigenous people. The book should satisfy any reader who’d like to know more about this region's native people. 100 THINGS TO DO AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS BEFORE YOU DIE, Valerie Battle Kienzle, 161 pages, guide book, Reedy Press, softcover, (6 by 9 inches), $18. Written by a journalist whose extended family has owned a lakeside house in Osage Beach since 1981, this book is a handy resource to take to the lake. WALKING SOUTH CITY Jim Merkel, 192 pages, nonfiction, Reedy Press, hardcover, (8 3/8 by 11 inches), $21. News paper journalist and author of five books about St. Louis, Jim Merkel set out to walk South City block by-block and tell about its stories, its history, and its neighbors. The black-and-white photos on almost every page add to his descriptions of quirky places, restored areas, and the people who love their South City homes.

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the beautiful trick in “The Greatest Poem Ever Written,” to the emotionally moving “My Daughter and the Doorstep,” the book is organized by season and best savored one poem a day. Readers who love the Missouri River or anyone who enjoys poetry will appreciate this book, which would also make a lovely holiday gift.

INDIGENOUS MISSOURIANS, Greg Olson, 448 pages, nonfiction, University of Missouri Press, hardcover, (6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches), $40. The author offers a new narra tive of indigenous people from thousands of years before Missouri became a state, telling how the native peoples here created innovations in pottery, farm ing, building, weaponry, and intertribal diplomacy.

THE PUBLISHERS

Are you writing a screenplay set in the Show-Me State? Submit your film or TV script November 1-20, 2023. Three winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the 10th annual Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship. Learn more at MoFilm.org/MoStories

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