Storied & Scandalous Kansas City

Storied & Scandalous Kansas City
Author: Karla Deel
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2019-10-08
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1493042440


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Welcome to Kansas City—the best town this side of Hell. The Paris of the Plains. Home to the Wettest Block in the World. This collection celebrates a storied history of one notorious city. Meet the mobsters and victims, bootleggers, madams, political bosses and raucous entertainers who truly brought the party to the plains even during Prohibition. Witness the best parades, the wackiest costumes and the wildest scams. Kansas City’s sordid underbelly is full of surprises sure to delight and entice—the odd, macabre and delightful. ,


Storied & Scandalous Kansas City
Language: en
Pages: 169
Authors: Karla Deel
Categories: True Crime
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-08 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Pages: 0
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Pages: 311
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Categories: History
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Language: en
Pages: 0
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Categories: True Crime
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Language: en
Pages: 373
Authors: William Ouseley
Categories: History
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