| A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha Contributor(s): Bristow, David L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870043986 ISBN-13: 9780870043987 Publisher: Caxton Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 Annotation: Most folks consider Omaha, Nebraska a quiet, laid-back city in America's heartland. It wasn't always that way. In the nineteenth century, the town had a different sort of reputation. Somehow, in spite of itself, Omaha grew from a speculative scheme in 1854 to a booming city by the turn of the century. Along the way, there were scores of great stories, many of which Bristow includes in A Dirty, Wicked Town. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 978.225 |
| LCCN: 00029494 |
| Series: Nebraska |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press" Omaha, Nebraska, is a laid-back city in America s heartland. In the nineteenth century, however, it had a very different reputation. Omaha grew from a speculative scheme in 1854 to a booming city. Along the way there were scores of great stories. It requires but little if any, stretch of the imagination to regard Omaha as a cesspool of iniquity, for it is given up to lawlessness and is overrun with a horde of fugitives from justice and dangerous men of all kinds who carry things with a high hand and a loose rein. . . . If you want to find a rogue s rookery, go to Omaha. Kansas City newspaper." |