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

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressOmaha, 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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 300
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780870043987
  • Genres
  • history
  • Release date
  • 2000