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Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

Author : Ryan Roenfeld
Publisher : Reedy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1681063069
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure written by Ryan Roenfeld and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Omaha get its nickname, “The Gateway to the West” and where can you gawk at the footsteps of the first human to walk in space? Just scratch the surface of a city best known for Warren Buffett, college baseball, and a great zoo and find far more than meets the eye. And Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is just the book you’ll need to uncover all the stories of Nebraska’s lone metropolis. Omaha rises up out of the low broken bluffs along the west bank of the Missouri River and sprawls west across what was once the prairie grasslands of the Great Plains. The buffalo wallows have been replaced by a more urban mix of grit and gentrification, with tree-lined avenues, boulevards, and varied communities that hold on to their heritage for generations. There’s a giant fork in Little Italy and stories told in stone around what was the world’s largest livestock market. There’s an old blues song by Big Joe Williams about an Omaha intersection that’s now on the National Register, and Irish Nationalists erected a grand monument to the Fenian who invaded Canada twice. Anyone in Omaha can take a gander at Goose Hollow or visit a haven for herons, but now author and Omaha enthusiast Ryan Roenfeld takes you on your own behind-the-scenes tour of the Big O. With his book as your guide, you’ll discover a whole new side to the city that’s inspired him for years.

A Dirty, Wicked Town

Author : David L. Bristow
Publisher : Caxton Press
ISBN 13 : 0870045326
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Dirty, Wicked Town written by David L. Bristow and published by Caxton Press. This book was released on 2000-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press "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." A Kansas City newspaper.

Stories of Omaha

Author : William E. Broadfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Stories of Omaha written by William E. Broadfield and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Women Who Built Omaha

Author : Eileen Wirth
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496228642
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book The Women Who Built Omaha written by Eileen Wirth and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eileen Wirth explores the important contributions of women to Omaha’s history—from the work of local women in numerous fields from the 1850s to the modern women’s movement in the 1970s—bringing to life many who have been overlooked.

My Omaha Obsession

Author : Miss Cassette
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 149622471X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book My Omaha Obsession written by Miss Cassette and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Omaha Obsession takes the reader on an idiosyncratic tour through some of Omaha’s neighborhoods, buildings, architecture, and people, celebrating the city’s unusual history. Rather than covering the city’s best-known sites, Miss Cassette is irresistibly drawn to strange little buildings and glorious large homes that don’t exist anymore as well as to stories of Harkert’s Holsum Hamburgers and the Twenties Club. Piecing together the records of buildings and homes and everything interesting that came after, Miss Cassette shares her observations of the property and its significance to Omaha. She scrutinizes land deeds, insurance maps, tax records, and old newspaper articles to uncover a property’s singular story. Through conversations with fellow detectives and history enthusiasts, she guides readers along her path of hunches, personal interests, mishaps, and more. As a longtime resident of Omaha, Miss Cassette is informed by memories of her youth combined with an enduring curiosity about the city’s offbeat relics and remains. Part memoir and part research guide with a healthy dose of colorful wandering, My Omaha Obsession celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.

The Road to Omaha

Author : Ryan McGee
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429987820
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Omaha written by Ryan McGee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spirit of Three Nights in August and The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, veteran sports writer Ryan McGee goes behind the scenes, into the stands, and onto the field to reveal an exciting yet personal look at one of the hottest sports championships in the country--the College World Series. Every summer, college baseball teams from around the nation come to Omaha, Nebraska, to play pure move-the-man-over, run-manufacturing baseball in a series that's part college bowl game, part county fair. In 2008, the ten-day, eight-team tournament was the scene of one of the greatest series in its illustrious history. And Ryan McGee puts the reader behind closed doors with the underdog champs, the Fresno State Bulldogs, as well as with their seven opponents, from the first batting practice session, to bus rides to the ballpark, to the locker room and the dugout. It's the CWS as few ever see it. But The Road to Omaha goes far beyond the 2008 season. It's an in-depth look at the managing strategies and playing style of college baseball, as well as a series of profiles that examine the people behind and around the CWS--the players, coaches, and fans who keep that feeling of good-old-days innocence alive through their reverence for the Great American Pastime. McGee also takes up residence at Rosenblatt Stadium itself, reliving its rich history and tapping into the electricity around it, from the tailgating fans to the surrounding neighborhoods. "The Blatt" is America's last real connection to the baseball belief that Field of Dreams can actually happen: a wooden-framed ballpark with cramped concourses where teams share locker rooms, change clothes in the parking lot, and sign autographs for kids until their fingers cramp. "The Blatt" is a monument to tradition--and the last of its kind to keep that tradition alive. Thanks to Ryan McGee's quick eye for play-by-play action, as well as his deep love for sports, The Road to Omaha is a rare glimpse into the kind of baseball our grandfather's knew--a snapshot of the one of the last remaining vestiges of pure Americana: a hometown, baseball, and the people who shape it and are shaped by it in turn.

Omaha Beach on D-Day

Author : Jean-David Morvan
Publisher : First Second
ISBN 13 : 1626726019
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Omaha Beach on D-Day written by Jean-David Morvan and published by First Second. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a new series dedicated to exploring iconic moments in World War II history, Omaha Beach on D-Day is a fresh and captivating new take on one of the most important moments in World War II: the Allied forces storming the beach at Normandy. The photograph at the heart of this book is Robert Capa's world-famous shot of the Allied landing in 1944, and the authors of this remarkable work have gathered interviews, testimonials, contact sheets, and over forty pages of photographic archives from the Magnum Photos agency to fill in the history behind a single moment, captured forever on film. Using a combination of traditional comics narrative, photography, and nonfiction text, Omaha Beach on D-Day is a rich and accessible fresh take at a crucial moment in 20th century history.

The Story of Omaha

Author : Alfred Rasmus Sorenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Omaha written by Alfred Rasmus Sorenson and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

River City Empire

Author : Orville D. Menard
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803248334
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book River City Empire written by Orville D. Menard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exploration of political bossism and machine politics of the early twentieth century focused on Omaha, Nebraska, and Thomas Dennison"--Provided by publisher.

The Story of Omaha

Author : Alfred Rasmus Sorenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780598410757
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Omaha written by Alfred Rasmus Sorenson and published by . This book was released on with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Restaurants of Omaha

Author : Kim Reiner
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439663122
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Lost Restaurants of Omaha written by Kim Reiner and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omaha is known for its beef, but the history of its most famous restaurants goes far beyond. The French Café was the place to go to celebrate. Piccolo Pete's, Mister C's and Bohemian Café helped shape neighborhoods in Little Italy, North Omaha and Little Bohemia. The tales of restaurateurs like the tragic Tolf Hanson; the ever-optimistic Ross Lorello; Anthony Oddo, once a resident at Boys Town; and Giuseppa Marcuzzo, a former bootlegger, also tell the story of the city. Restaurants played a prominent role as history unfolded in Omaha during prohibition, wartime rations, the fight for equal rights and westward expansion. Author Kim Reiner details the fascinating history behind Omaha's classic eateries.

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey

Author : Amber Ruffin
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1538719347
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey written by Amber Ruffin and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INDIE NEXT PICK* Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism. Now a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers and host of The Amber Ruffin Show, Amber Ruffin lives in New York, where she is no one's First Black Friend and everyone is, as she puts it, "stark raving normal." But Amber's sister Lacey? She's still living in their home state of Nebraska, and trust us, you'll never believe what happened to Lacey. From racist donut shops to strangers putting their whole hand in her hair, from being mistaken for a prostitute to being mistaken for Harriet Tubman, Lacey is a lightning rod for hilariously ridiculous yet all-too-real anecdotes. She's the perfect mix of polite, beautiful, petite, and Black that apparently makes people think "I can say whatever I want to this woman." And now, Amber and Lacey share these entertainingly horrifying stories through their laugh-out-loud sisterly banter. Painfully relatable or shockingly eye-opening (depending on how often you have personally been followed by security at department stores), this book tackles modern-day racism with the perfect balance of levity and gravity.

Omaha Beach

Author : Joseph Balkoski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811741192
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Omaha Beach written by Joseph Balkoski and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2006-05-18 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balkoski's depiction of 'Bloody Omaha' is the literary accompaniment to the white-knuckle Omaha Beach scene that opens Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. -- John Hillen, New York Post

Bright Eyes

Author : Dorothy Clarke Wilson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bright Eyes written by Dorothy Clarke Wilson and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1974 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Susette La Flesche, an Omaha indian.

History of Omah

Author : Alfred Rasmus Sorenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104766726
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book History of Omah written by Alfred Rasmus Sorenson and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The Gate City

Author : Lawrence Harold Larsen
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803279674
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book The Gate City written by Lawrence Harold Larsen and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lawrence Larsen and his wife Barbara Cottrell have written a marvelous urban biography. They have done what other historians often fail to do--relate local happenings to the larger regional and national picture. And Larsen and Cottrell have skillfully used sophisticated historical works and concepts, incorporating them in an understandable fashion. Throughout this book the authors write in a delightful manner; they make you want to visit Omaha!"--North Dakota History. "[The authors] organize their splendid urban biography around a limited number of events of national magnitude. The husband-wife team take as their story's major units the building of the transcontinental railroad, the penetration of the Great Plains by homesteaders, the establishment of the meat packing industry, and the creation of an elaborate national defense system. They fill in their story with intriguing descriptions of the push-and-pull factors that brought diverse ethnic groups to Omaha in the years since 1854--the years when town promoters first settled at the Missouri River ferry landing in the newly established Nebraska territory. Because their narrative is so well organized, their treatment of political, social, and cultural affairs is clear and cohesive, while their discussion of urban unrest, vice, and crime remains tightly linked to the general outlines of their lively portrait of Omaha's history."--Business History Review. Lawrence H. Larsen is a professor of history at the University of Missouri?Kansas City. He is the author of The Urban South: A History (1990), Federal Justice in Western Missouri: The Judges, the Cases, the Times (1994), and other books. Barbara J. Cottrell is a historian with the National Archives?Central Plains Region. Harl A. Dalstrom is a professor of history at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Omaha Beach

Author : Adrian R. Lewis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807862584
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Omaha Beach written by Adrian R. Lewis and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allied victory at Omaha Beach was a costly one. A direct infantry assault against a defense that was years in the making, undertaken in daylight following a mere thirty-minute bombardment, the attack had neither the advantage of tactical surprise nor that of overwhelming firepower. American forces were forced to improvise under enemy fire, and although they were ultimately victorious, they suffered devastating casualties. Why did the Allies embark on an attack with so many disadvantages? Making extensive use of primary sources, Adrian Lewis traces the development of the doctrine behind the plan for the invasion of Normandy to explain why the battles for the beaches were fought as they were. Although blame for the Omaha Beach disaster has traditionally been placed on tactical leaders at the battle site, Lewis argues that the real responsibility lay at the higher levels of operations and strategy planning. Ignoring lessons learned in the Mediterranean and Pacific theaters, British and American military leaders employed a hybrid doctrine of amphibious warfare at Normandy, one that failed to maximize the advantages of either British or U.S. doctrine. Had Allied forces at the other landing sites faced German forces of the quality and quantity of those at Omaha Beach, Lewis says, they too would have suffered heavy casualties and faced the prospect of defeat.