J. Frederick Fausz, associate professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, offers a fresh interpretation of Gateway City’s French roots in his new book “Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West.” Fausz will be on hand at 7 p.m. Thursday (July...

J. Frederick Fausz, associate professor of history at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, offers a fresh interpretation of Gateway City’s French roots in his new book “Founding St. Louis: First City of the New West.” Fausz will be on hand at 7 p.m. Thursday (July...