"Reading green: New book celebrates history and beauty of St. Louis city and county parks"

FROM THE BEACON is the article:  Reading green: New book celebrates history and beauty of St. Louis city and county parks, written by Mary Delach Leonard. According to that article, the book St. Louis Parks:

...features stunning photography by freelance photographer Mark Scott Abeln and Steve Tiemann, a county park ranger. The text is by NiNi Harris, who has written extensively about St. Louis history and architecture, and Esley Hamilton, historian and preservationist for the St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation.