Greater St. Louis Book Fair

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 24, 2013 - When she was 9-years-old, Marguerite Garrick reached up into a bookshelf in the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: When she was 9-years-old, Marguerite Garrick reached up into a bookshelf in the living room of her…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 25, 2013 - Beset by dwindling enrollment, cuts in government funding and free competition, the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 30, 2011 - Eddie Strickland spent more than 40 years as "the book man" at the Greater St. Louis…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 23, 2011 - In his 40 years with the Greater St. Louis Book Fair, Eddie Strickland drove through…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 28, 2010 - Every year, the volunteers with the Greater St. Louis Book Fair get boxes and boxes…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 22, 2010 - The first-edition, signed copy of Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms," which was…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 24, 2009 - Though the Book Fair is underway, it'll be back next year. The Public Insight…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 21, 2009 - Past a poster of paint-covered hand prints, down a long hall filled with cubbies and…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 20, 2009 - As the week began, workers and volunteers were hauling more than a million books,…