Jim Merkel: 3 books

Book cover of The Making of an Icon: The Dreamers, the Schemers, and the Hard Hats Who Built the Gateway Arch, Second Edition
by Jim Merkel
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018

With his fourth book from Reedy Press, The Making of an Icon, Jim Merkel captured the spirit behind the conception and construction of one of America’s most distinctive and beloved national monuments. More than two million visitors stand in awe at the Gateway Arch each year, and the stories behind...
Book cover of Hoosiers and Scrubby Dutch, Second Edition: St. Louis’s South Side
by Jim Merkel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014

In the South Side, there lived a tactless TV guy who had a way of getting tossed out of everything on camera, from the old VP Fair to Bill Clinton’s 1996 local re-election victory party. On the South Side, there dwelt a collector of ancient vacuum cleaners, none of which worked when he demonstrated...
Book cover of Radical Simplicity
by Jim Merkel
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2003

Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? How much is enough to leave for your neighbors behind you - not just the six billion people,...
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