"Welcome to Kansas City...the Best Town this Side of Hell."
 
The Paris of the Plains, Home to the Wettest Block in the World. This collection celebrates a storied history of one notorious city. Meet the mobsters and victims, bootleggers, madams, political bosses, and raucous entertainers who truly brought the party to the plains even during Prohibition. Kansas City's sordid underbelly is full of surprises sure to amuse and entice--the odd, macabre, and delightful.