The rest of the title: Three Generations of the St Louis Faust Family. The Faust family ran a restaurant, bar & store in downtown St Louis in the 1800s after the Civil War. They became one of the leaders of St Louis especially of the Germans in St Louis along with the Busch family and during the 2nd generations the Faust and Busch family married into each other. Interesting time since it is also St Louis elites during the Gilded Age. While not like the Astors or Vanderbilts of New York/East Coast, the children still went to eastern boarding schools and the families vacationed in Europe and even had homes in Germany. There is of course the St Louis World's Fair of 1904 talked about some as well. The Faust family moved from that downtown restaurant to the 3rd generation owning a large farming operation in Chesterfield after WWII. They donated a large part of that for it to become Faust Park. Lots of good information, well researched book.
There are no copies in PBS system and because it is such a local type book, will probably not post on PBS but will keep for now & maybe give away at some point--not sure yet.
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