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

by David L. Bristow (Author)

"Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press"

Omaha, 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."

Author Biography

David L. Bristow has lived in Omaha since 1992. He writes for various magazines and is currently working on a novel. "A Dirty, Wicked Town "is his first book."