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

"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."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Caxton Press
Published: 04/16/2019
ISBN: 9780870043987
Pages: 322
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 51