A Birthday Book of Kansas City, 1821-1921 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Birthday Book of Kansas City, 1821-1921 We eagerly devour these days the life stories of successful men, hoping to find in them something to our personal profit. Might we not equally profit by dipping into the life story of a successful city, which won against great odds by the same kind of pluck and vision through which great men attain success? The principles which apply to individuals hold also for communities of men - whole cities. Have a look, for example, at the case of West port Landing, a valiant little town which always was willing to pay the price of success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.