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That St. Louis Thing, Vol. 1: An American Story of Roots, Rhythm and Race by Bruce R. Olson St. Louis History cobblestone streetsThat St. Louis Thing is an American story of music, race relations and baseball. Here is over 100 years of the city's famed musical development blues, jazz and rock placed in the context of its civil rights movement and its political and economic power. Here, too, are the city's people brought alive from its foundation to the racial conflicts in Ferguson in 2014. The panorama of the city presents an often overlooked gem, music that goes far beyond