| Kansas City Chronicles: An Up-To-Date History Contributor(s): Jackson, David W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 159629986X ISBN-13: 9781596299863 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 977.841 |
| LCCN: 2010019854 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.58" W x 8.96" (0.59 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Ja |
Contributor Bio(s): Jackson, David W.: - David W. Jackson received a BS magna cum laude in historic preservation, archives studies. He is founder of the Orderly Pack Rat, a historical research and consulting service. Since 2000, Jackson, as director of Archives and Education for the Jackson County (Missouri) Historical Society, has served as editor of the nonprofit organization's scholarly JOURNAL; administers its archives operations; services patron requests through its research library; manages its bookshop; updates its website; coordinates a volunteer program; presents on behalf of its Speakers' Bureau; contributes regular, local history, related articles to area newspapers; and has written and directed the publishing of several products through the society's imprint (available at http: //www.jchs.org). The Orderly Pack Rat (http: //www.orderlypackrat.com) published Jackson's first book, Direct Your Letters to San Jose: The California Gold Rush Letters of James and David Lee Campbell, 1849, 1852 (2000), and subsequent Recipes of Our Past: Morsels from Our Grandmothers' Recipe Boxes (2005). |