{"id":6941,"date":"2011-12-14T09:33:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T15:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2011-12-14T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T15:33:32","slug":"best-local-book-reads-and-buys-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=6941","title":{"rendered":"Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays<\/p>\n<p>Staff written by The Independent News<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever taught in a school, worked in a school or gone to a school, there&#8217;s a local\u00a0 book gift idea for you this holiday season. And if you remember \u201cThe Cheater\u201d, Starlight Ballroom, St. Jerome\u2019s CYC dances, Jackson Park nights in Berkeley, Circle Steak-n-Shake, North Shore pool, Suburban Bowling Lanes, and Bonnie Boys in Glasgow Village, have we got two more great books for your gift giving pleasure. And your own! Four North County kids seem to have grown up to write these books.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You\u2019re Never Too Old for Space Camp<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/best-local-book-reads-and-buys-for-the-holidays\/youre-never-too-oldanselm-pg-11-color\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6942\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6942 lazyload\" title=\"You're Never too old,Anselm pg 11 color\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Youre-Never-too-oldAnselm-pg-11-color-94x150.jpg?resize=94%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 94px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 94\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Anselm, a retired teacher and current columnist for this paper, has written the story of Joe Akers, remarkably also a retired teacher, who loves golf and his family. \u201cIt\u2019s fictional, of course,\u201d says Anselm, \u201cbut it\u2019s based on the fun and frenzy and foolishness that I have run across in my 30 years plus in the education business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0 You\u2019re Never Too Old for Space Camp<\/em> is mostly the no-holds-barred story of relationships that develop in schools as told through the eyes of the classroom teachers, administrators and student. There is something in the book for all of us to relate to. Tom was raised in Bellefontaine Neighbors, and continues to live \u201cnorth of I-70.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My Side of the Bandstand<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nancy Wegner, a Ferguson native, has collaborated with rock and roll legend Bob Kuban to tell the story of how a kid from the north side rose to national prominence with his Bob Kuban and the In-Men\u2019s hit song \u201cThe Cheater\u201d in 1966. We see the behind-the-scenes events that shaped that moment, and brought the little drummer boy from sitting in with Chuck Berry at the Club Imperial, to church Teen-Towns, to playing for Dick Clark on the national TV show \u201cAmerican Bandstand\u201d . The guarantee of <em>My Side of the Bandstand<\/em> is that you will be amazed at some of the stories and people you run across in this very candid autobiography of the young man who lived what many of his time could only dream.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Let\u2019s Go Cruizin\u2019 Again<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/best-local-book-reads-and-buys-for-the-holidays\/cruizin_again_cover_color-pg-11\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6943\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6943 lazyload\" title=\"cruizin_again_cover_color pg 11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/cruizin_again_cover_color-pg-11-150x120.jpg?resize=150%2C120\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/120;\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 And the two kids from Our Lady of Good Counsel parish have done it again! After the success of their first book about growing up in North County, Bill Kasalko and Craig Kaintz have created <em>Let\u2019s Go Cruizin\u2019 Again.<\/em> Filled with more pictures and stories of living in the 1950s through the 1970s as pre-Baby Boomers and Baby Boomers alike, they chronicle the places we hung out and the actions we pursued in those formative years. This one concentrates on the Ferguson and Florissant area.<\/p>\n<p>The two authors, who grew up on the same street, but didn\u2019t really become friends until working together some 30 years later, give us yet another great taste of years gone by.<\/p>\n<p>These books can best be obtained at the following sites: <em>You\u2019re Never Too Old for Space<\/em> <em>Camp<\/em>; Tom Anselm,Booklocker,www.booklocker.com\/books\/3923.html<em>. My Side of the<\/em> <em>Bandstand<\/em>; Bob Kuban with Nancy K. Wegner, <a href=\"http:\/\/bobkuban.com\/epic\/epic.swf\">http:\/\/bobkuban.com\/epic\/epic.swf<\/a> <em>Let\u2019s Go<\/em> <em>Cruizin\u2019 Again;<\/em> Craig Kaintz and Bill Kasalko, Virginia Publishing, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.CruizinNorthCounty.com\/\">www.CruizinNorthCounty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lemp: The Haunting History<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The dramatic and tragic story of St. Louis&#8217; notorious Lemp Brewery and family, by Stephen P. Walker. The intriguing Lemp saga has everything: suicides, court battles, and even Lemp ghosts.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/best-local-book-reads-and-buys-for-the-holidays\/lemp-book-cover-color-pg-11\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6944\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6944 lazyload\" title=\"Lemp book cover color pg 11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Lemp-book-cover-color-pg-11-120x150.jpg?resize=120%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 120px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 120\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Walker published the book in 1989. There are 120 pages with history and photos of Lemp ancestors. The book covers more of the family history and the brewing industry than dwelling primarily on the hauntings, with the exception of the &#8220;Lavendar Lady.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Excerpted from the Introduction of Lemp: The Haunting History: The Lemps are best remembered for their untimely deaths, but the story of their lives is even more remarkable: accounts of lofty success, immense wealth, and elite social status, offset by more than one family&#8217;s share of pain and heartache, bitterness and broken dreams. During their brief and stormy days, the Lemps built one of America&#8217;s earliest and largest brewing empires, one with a rich and colorful history that deserves to be brought to light<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Game of My Life<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And of course, you can rarely go wrong with a book about anything to do with the St. Louis Cardinals.\u00a0 There are plenty of previously published books out there on the team and players and with a World Series victory this year, there are new one.\u00a0 One new one, written by Matthew Leach, is called <em>Game of My Life<\/em> and features individual chapters on various Cardinal players who had special moments in their careers in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>The book goes back as far as Mike Shannon, but includes many players from the past two decades such as the late Bob Forsch, Jim Edmonds, Tommy Herr, Adam Wainwright, Scott Rolen and Chris Carpenter.\u00a0 The last chapter is timely.\u00a0 It&#8217;s on David Freeze and his amazing October. Sports Publishing: www.skyhorsepublishing.com.<\/p>\n<p>Happy reading for the holidays!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays Staff written by The Independent News If you\u2019ve ever taught in a school, worked in a school or gone to a school, there&#8217;s a local\u00a0 book gift idea for you this holiday season. And if you remember \u201cThe Cheater\u201d, Starlight Ballroom, St. Jerome\u2019s CYC dances, Jackson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-travel","category-features","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays - flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=6941\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays - flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Best Local Book Reads and Buys for the Holidays Staff written by The Independent News If you\u2019ve ever taught in a school, worked in a school or gone to a school, there&#8217;s a local\u00a0 book gift idea for you this holiday season. 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