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A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha

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A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha - Bristow, David L
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"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 ...

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A Dirty, Wicked Town: Tales of 19th Century Omaha 2019, Caxton Press

ISBN-13: 9780870043987

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