Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways Warfare through harrowing moments

through harrowing moments

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Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways Warfare through harrowing momentsDescription By John Simonson Paperback 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