Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways Warfare From its causes to its

From its causes to its consequences

through harrowing moments

This epic novel explores the fate of ordinary people whose mission collides with the secret agenda of powerful countries

by Ford Madox Ford

Parkinson with Joel R

Paris of the Plains: Kansas City from Doughboys to Expressways Warfare From its causes to itsDescription By John Simonson Paperback 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