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2) Missouri
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The town of Hannibal on the Mississippi River was home of one of Missouri's favorite sons, Samuel Clemens…or Mark Twain. His characters come alive in Norman Rockwell's paintings at Mark Twain Museum - his wit never tires during performances of "Mark Twain Himself" by actor Richard Garey. Downriver, city of St. Louis is home to America's most visited National Monument, the Gateway Arch at Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, and visit country's...
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State Plate volume 3
Description
Missouri is Taylor's destination, and he tries toasted ravioli, BBQ pork steak, pork and beans, butter cake, and a crispy waffle cone.
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Targeted For Murder volume 17
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After a Midwestern insurance salesman is discovered on the floor of his office with an extra hole in his head, his wife, family, community, and church are drawn into a web of greed, infidelity, and murder.
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Great Muslim American Road Trip volume 1
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Rap-sensation Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins drive the first leg of Route 66, visiting Chicago, Springfield, St. Louis and Joplin Missouri, discovering Muslim stories from America's heartland, a history that dates back to the 1800s. The road becomes a bit bumpy as they also experience some early tests of their relationship on this long and winding road trip.
8) Jesse James
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Tyrone Power stars as the daredevil bandit who galloped out of the Ozarks and into American folk history with his guns blazing. Jesse James is forced outside the law after ruthless agents for the coming transcontinental railroad kill his mother and steal his family's land. Together with his brother Frank, Jesse forms a gang of masked outlaws to strike back at the railroad company and the banks that swindle oppressed farmers.
9) Breakthrough
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Based on the inspirational true story of one mother's unfaltering love in the face of impossible odds. When Joyce Smith's adopted son John falls through an icy Missouri lake, all hope seems lost. But as John lies lifeless, Joyce refuses to give up. Her steadfast belief inspires those around her to continue to pray for John's recovery, even in the face of every case history and scientific prediction. A reminder that faith and love can create a mountain...
11) Under siege
Pub. Date
1997, c.1992
Description
Killer-elite commandos out to hijack the USS Missouri's nuclear arsenal overpower the crew, except for the cook, who just happens to be an ex-Navy SEAL and highly decorated combat operative.
15) Huckleberry finn
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Mark Twain's boy hero meets a bogus king and duke while rafting the Mississippi with runaway slave Jim.
16) American Outlaws
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
At the end of the Civil War, Frank and Jesse James ride home to Missouri to be on their ranch with their mother. As a railroad moves through buying up as much land as possible, burning folks out if need be, the James-Younger gang of outlaws become determined to use any means to protect their land and the land of their townsfolk and friends.
17) Kansas City
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Blondie O'Hara resorts to desperate measures when her low-level hood husband Johnny gets caught trying to steal from Seldom Seen, a local crime boss operating out of jazz haunt The Hey-Hey Club. Out on a limb, Blondie kidnaps laudanum-addled socialite Carolyn, hoping her influential politician husband can pull the right strings and get Johnny out of Seldom Seen's clutches.
19) White Palace
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
A St. Louis advertising executive, still mourning the death of his wife, meets an older woman.
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