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| Title | The Leafless American |
| Abstract | Chapter of the book about the author's reminiscences as a child living in Kansas City with his mother starting in 1906. Includes descriptions of the city's dual character as "a smutty and religious town," describing many specific places, people and events, and comparing his memories in it to hometown experiences of famous authors, such as Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, ancient Greeks, et al. |
| Notes | The following are among the many references to specific places and people in Kansas City here: (1) 8th Street Viaduct, (2) Basket's Chili con Carne lunch counter (3) Delaware Street and Baltimore Avenue, (4) McGee Street, (5) Admiral Boulevard, (6) Cherry Street, Locust Street, Maple Street, Oak Street, and Walnut Street, (7) 5th Street Stables, (8) the Paseo, (9) 710 East 8th Street, (10) the Kansas City Star, (11) the Muehlebach Hotel, (12) the Baltimore Hotel, (13) Wyandotte Street, (14) Doric Temple, (15) Willis Wood Theater, (16) Troost Avenue, (17) University of Kansas City, (18) 15th Street, (19) Swope Park, (20) Rockhill residential district and Country Club District, (21) 16 East 8th Street, (22) Theodore Roosevelt, (23) Jonathan Cromwell and David Hagen, (24) Phineas Levy, (25) George Washington Public School on Independence Avenue, (26) Emma Moneysmith and Gerald Moneysmith, and (27) other characters only partially named, including Dahlberg's mother. |
| Author | Edward Dahlberg
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| Date | 1967 |
| Location | 818 D13L |
| Chapter Title | 3 (Kansas City Revisited) |
| Page | 17-26 |
| Local Subject | Dahlberg, Edward
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Kansas City, Missouri--Description--1910s
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| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 111891 |
| CONTENTdm number | 5442 |
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