{"product_id":"paris-of-the-plains-john-simonson-9781609490621","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 1609490622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609490621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\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 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.08w x 0.32d","brand":"John Simonson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996370174207,"sku":"9781609490621","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_192740c2-6c23-4062-af3d-e3849674fdd2.jpg?v=1683341301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paris-of-the-plains-john-simonson-9781609490621","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}