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Obrazy Ameriky: MissouriSéria

Táto séria kníh sa ponorí do bohatej histórie a vizuálnej kultúry amerického štátu Missouri. Prostredníctvom stoviek starých fotografií a podrobných popisov odhaľuje jedinečnú kultúru, tradície a architektonické dedičstvo tejto oblasti. Od malebných vinárskych oblastí po ikonické diaľnice a rušné mestá, každá kniha ponúka pohľad do minulosti a oslavuje ľudí, miesta a udalosti, ktoré formovali tento štát.

Webster Groves
Route 66 in St. Louis
Ballwin
Hannibal
Southwest Garden
Lafayette Square, St. Louis

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