SLCL Presents Wild West Historians Tom Clavin and Bob Drury

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Westfall Politics & History Series presents historians Tom Clavin and Bob Drury for a discussion and signing of their co-authored book “Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West.”

The event will take place on Monday May 13, at 7:00 p.m. at the Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Road, Ellisville, MO 63011.

The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from Main Street Books.

Historians and bestselling co-authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin present the explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier. 

It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. America’s greatest yet most unsung pathfinder, Jedediah Smith’s explorations into the forested frontiers on both sides of the Rocky Mountains and all the way to the West Coast would become the stuff of legend. Thanks to painstaking research and riveting writing, the story of the making of modern America is told through the eyes of both the ordinary and memorable men and women, settlers and Indigenous, who witnessed it. But it's Smith who drives the narrative with his trailblazing path through the unexplored terrain of the American West.

“Throne of Grace” is a gripping yarn that drops the reader into the center of an underreported era and introduces one of the great explorers in American history.

TOM CLAVIN is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine writer, TV and radio commentator, and a reporter for The New York Times. He has received awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and National Newspaper Association. His books include the bestselling Frontier Lawmen trilogy—”Wild Bill,” “Dodge City,” and “Tombstone”—and “Blood and Treasure” with Bob Drury. 

BOB DRURY, the recipient of several national journalism awards, is a three-time National Magazine Award finalist as well as a Pulitzer Prize nominee. Drury honed his investigative skills writing for all four New York City newspapers as well as a variety of national publications. His journalism career has arced from sports to crime to adventure travel to foreign correspondence. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of 10 non-fiction books.

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.