Comments on: They Call Me ‘Mr. History’ http://www.stl-books.com/uncategorized/they-call-me-%e2%80%98mr-history%e2%80%99 Great books about St. Louis Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:02:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Laura Tynes http://www.stl-books.com/uncategorized/they-call-me-%e2%80%98mr-history%e2%80%99/comment-page-1#comment-62 Laura Tynes Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:38:48 +0000 http://www.stl-books.com/?p=216#comment-62 I am doing genealogical research on my family who moved to St. Louis near the turn of the century. One of them was Richard M. Scruggs of the Scruggs, Vandervoort, Barney Department Store. However, he was an uncle. My mother's father, Wiley D. Scruggs (b. 1895 in St. Louis), grandfather, Devolco Vollie Wallace Scruggs (b. 1868 in Tennessee), and ggrandfather, Wiley J. Scruggs (b. 1833 in Virginia & married to the niece of President Andrew Johnson), all lived there. There is a story that in the 19teens, Wiley J. knocked a black man through a plate glass store window. The story is the black man taunted him after the 1913 world heavy weight championship involving Jack Johnson (educated black fighter from Galveston whose parents had been slaves) who won the world title. This upset caused race riots throughout the US and prompted Jack London to call for "a great white hope" to 'correct' the racial balance again (white on top). Do any of your books mention the Scruggs family in any way? Can you send me a list of your books and prices? What about "The Queen of Lace", I'd like to purchase it too. I am doing genealogical research on my family who moved to St. Louis near the turn of the century. One of them was Richard M. Scruggs of the Scruggs, Vandervoort, Barney Department Store. However, he was an uncle. My mother’s father, Wiley D. Scruggs (b. 1895 in St. Louis), grandfather, Devolco Vollie Wallace Scruggs (b. 1868 in Tennessee), and ggrandfather, Wiley J. Scruggs (b. 1833 in Virginia & married to the niece of President Andrew Johnson), all lived there. There is a story that in the 19teens, Wiley J. knocked a black man through a plate glass store window. The story is the black man taunted him after the 1913 world heavy weight championship involving Jack Johnson (educated black fighter from Galveston whose parents had been slaves) who won the world title. This upset caused race riots throughout the US and prompted Jack London to call for “a great white hope” to ‘correct’ the racial balance again (white on top). Do any of your books mention the Scruggs family in any way? Can you send me a list of your books and prices? What about “The Queen of Lace”, I’d like to purchase it too.

]]> By: Amy http://www.stl-books.com/uncategorized/they-call-me-%e2%80%98mr-history%e2%80%99/comment-page-1#comment-21 Amy Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.stl-books.com/?p=216#comment-21 This is great! I'm inclined to believe that "Mr. History" was actually a superhero in disguise. Love the website, it looks incredible! This is great! I’m inclined to believe that “Mr. History” was actually a superhero in disguise. Love the website, it looks incredible!

]]> By: Katie http://www.stl-books.com/uncategorized/they-call-me-%e2%80%98mr-history%e2%80%99/comment-page-1#comment-9 Katie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:51:07 +0000 http://www.stl-books.com/?p=216#comment-9 This is great! I'm inclined to believe that "Mr. History" was actually a superhero in disguise. Love the website, it looks incredible! This is great! I’m inclined to believe that “Mr. History” was actually a superhero in disguise. Love the website, it looks incredible!

]]> By: John Knoll http://www.stl-books.com/uncategorized/they-call-me-%e2%80%98mr-history%e2%80%99/comment-page-1#comment-3 John Knoll Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:35:31 +0000 http://www.stl-books.com/?p=216#comment-3 Love your new website design. An additional bit of trivia re Holy Corners. Did you know that the kitchen at First Unitarian was where Irma Rombauer field tested many of her recipes prior to her self-published "Joy of Cooking"? Love your new website design.

An additional bit of trivia re Holy Corners. Did you know that the kitchen at First Unitarian was where Irma Rombauer field tested many of her recipes prior to her self-published “Joy of Cooking”?

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