In Only in St. Louis!, Charlie Brennan shares the most incredible, strange and inspiring stories he has come across in his three decades talking about the Gateway City. Readers will learn: Wilt Chamberlain was traded in a St. Louis restaurant ; Jesus Christ Superstar was first staged in St. Louis, not New York ; A St. Louis Cardinal pitcher beat Randy Johnson while drinking vodka ; A St. Louis mayor was buried three times ; Supreme Court Justices laughed aloud while hearing a St. Louis case ; A St. Louis woman woke up when she heard an intruder...who turned out to be a national celebrity ; Kenny Wayne Shepherd's worst moment on stage was in St. Louis ; A St. Louis man found $1,200 in his ceiling ; J.S. Bach's personal bibles are in St. Louis ; A St. Louis high school name is actually misspelled ; Why Kurt Warner listed his name and address in the phone book ; The Air Force's biggest weapon is made in St. Louis ; John Lennon's song "Imagine" has a St. Louis connection ; The NFL's "lowest blow" has ties to St. Louis ; Twinkies were named in St. Louis ; A lost wallet led to one of the best-selling songs of the 1960s ; The woman who injected John Belushi with a fatal dose hid in St. Louis ; A St. Louis man swam 292 miles of the Mississippi River without stopping ; Why General William Tecumseh Sherman could defeat the south but not City Hall ; The only company to prepare cocaine for medicinal use is in St. Louis ; A St. Louis barista became a billionaire ; A man was attacked by a shark in downtown St. Louis ; A St. Louis man played basketball for St. Louis Community College, football for Yale and is now a top national journalist ; Brennan, host of "The Charlie Brennan Show" on KMOX and provocateur of "Donnybrook" on KETC-TV, curates these and other stories for the first time in one volume.
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