[PDF.36ap] Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways

Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways

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 | #452924 in Books |  2010-10-22 |  2010-10-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.31 x6.00l,.48 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

 | ISBN13: 9781609490621 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

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||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Meaningful if you already love KC|By Happy Customer|This small, short, sweet book is a collection of essays, with a stream-of-consciousness feel to each chapter. One gets a sense of the writer's efforts to express a deeper feeling for Kansas City and the people who lived, died, or just passed through. There are passages that remind me of William Least Heat Moon or John McPhee|About the Author|John Simonson is an independent writer and editor. His work has appeared in local newspapers, magazines, websites, corporate publications, museum exhibits, jazz recordings and beyond. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

From the end of the Great War to the final years of the 1950s, Kansas Citians lived in a manner worthy of a place called Paris of the Plains. The title did more than nod to the perfumed ladies who shopped at Harzfeld's Parisian or the one-thousand-foot television antenna nicknamed the "Eye-full Tower." It spoke to the character of a town that worked for Boss Tom and danced for Count Basie but transcended both the Pendergast era and the Jazz Age. Author John Simonson intr...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways   |  John Simonson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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