Kansas City Chronicles: An Up-To-Date History

by David W. Jackson

Book Overview

From guerilla warfare and martial law to the elegant dresses of the Harzfeld Parisian Cloak Company, discover how everything became up-to-date in Kansas City (including the phrase up-to-date itself, which predates the song in Oklahoma!). Watch as the Jackson County Poor Farm became the state-of-the-art Truman Medical Center and learn why Old Westport is the real McCoy. Meet the resident mouse of the Laugh-O-Gram studio on Thirteenth and Forest, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159629986X
• ISBN13: 9781596299863
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.0"