Kansas City, Missouri, United States (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

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"Jamie LaBarge is the senior inventory cluster support for Barnes & Noble bookstores in Kansas City, Kansas."

Valley of Genius
by Adam Fisher

"The first night we were there, we got together for pizza with the entire group of guys that ended up founding the company. Even Lou Montulli came in from Kansas."

Ask The Dust
by John Fante

"deserted the smug prosperity of Kansas City and Chicago and Peoria"

Ask The Dust
by John Fante

"Nostalgically he talked of meat, of the good old steaks you got back in Kansas City, of the wonderful T-bones and tender lamb chops."

East of Eden
by John Steinbeck

"While he waited to change trains in Kansas City, he heard his name called and a message was shoved into his hand—orders to report to Washington to the office of the Secretary of War."

The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett

"Jacket photo courtesy of Nelson Gallery -- Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri"

The Barbarian Nurseries
by Héctor Tobar

"Schematic drawings that were said to represent the superhighway that would link the interior of Mexico to Kansas City, and thus accelerate the country’s plunge into foreignness."