Kansas City : an American story

"Here is a comprehensive, richly illustrated account of a crossroads that made it big-- Kansas City. From its earliest known settlement as a tiny agency for the great Western fur-trading interests to today's sprawling, diversified, multi-county metropolis, Kansas City's story is drama, tragedy, success and high hopes rolled into one..." This PDF improves on the prior one by containing OCR data and being far more compact than the prior one. This beautifully illustrated and vividly written hardcover book tells the sweeping saga of the crossroads that became our city. The 396-page volume contains more than 600 photographs.