{"product_id":"paris-of-the-plains-john-simonson-9781540205179","title":"Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways","description":"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 Pendergast era and the Jazz Age. Author John Simonson introduces readers to a town of vaudeville shows and screened-in porches, where fleets of cream-and-black streetcars passed beneath a canopy of elms. This is a history that smells equally of lilacs and stockyards and bursts with the clamor of gunshots, radio baseball and the distant whistle of a night train.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Simonson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540205177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540205179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"John Simonson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44045281034495,"sku":"9781540205179","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_216af246-9ed9-4011-9f4e-33d971bc98b3.jpg?v=1684977819","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paris-of-the-plains-john-simonson-9781540205179","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}