{"product_id":"my-omaha-obsession-searching-for-the-city-paperback","title":"My Omaha Obsession: Searching for the City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCassette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Ware\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2021 Nebraska Book Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Omaha Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eMy Omaha Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the historic built environment and searches for the people who shaped early Omaha.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiss Cassette\u003c\/b\u003e is the writer, researcher, and amateur gumshoe of the website myomahaobsession.com. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eOmaha Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Chris Ware\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, artist, and native of Omaha. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and has contributed graphic fiction and more than twenty-five covers to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.96 x 8.84 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759904981280,"sku":"9781496207616","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/76a2507ccb68f19b95603bec2cc8fd7a.webp?v=1780165640","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-omaha-obsession-searching-for-the-city-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}