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Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, Obscure

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A LOOK INSIDE

Title: Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Author: Ryan Roenfeld
Size: 6 x 9
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9781681063065
Price: $22.50

How did Omaha get its nickname, “The Gateway to the West” and where can you gawk at the footsteps of the first human to walk in space? Just scratch the surface of a city best known for Warren Buffett, college baseball, and a great zoo and find far more than meets the eye. And Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure is just the book you’ll need to uncover all the stories of Nebraska’s lone metropolis.

Omaha rises up out of the low broken bluffs along the west bank of the Missouri River and sprawls west across what was once the prairie grasslands of the Great Plains. The buffalo wallows have been replaced by a more urban mix of grit and gentrification, with tree-lined avenues, boulevards, and varied communities that hold on to their heritage for generations.

There’s a giant fork in Little Italy and stories told in stone around what was the world’s largest livestock market. There’s an old blues song by Big Joe Williams about an Omaha intersection that’s now on the National Register, and Irish Nationalists erected a grand monument to the Fenian who invaded Canada twice.

Anyone in Omaha can take a gander at Goose Hollow or visit a haven for herons, but now author and Omaha enthusiast Ryan Roenfeld takes you on your own behind-the-scenes tour of the Big O. With his book as your guide, you’ll discover a whole new side to the city that’s inspired him for years.

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The stories of the late Union Stockyards, lovingly known by many as the Omaha Stockyards, are a cultural icon and marker of years gone by. In this episode, regional historian Ryan Roenfeld gives us the *beef* on the rise and

Regional historian Ryan Roenfeld recently authored a new book about the Omaha metro area. This one—Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure—might contain surprises for even well-informed metro area natives.

Ryan Roenfeld’s newest book, Secret Omaha: A Guide To The Weird, Wonderful, And Obscure, documenting the history of Omaha was published in May 2021 by Reedy Press, part of their Secret series. You can find some of his other works on Amazon.

Ryan Roenfeld, is essentially 200 pages of why Omaha isn’t as boring as most people think. Secret Omaha contains the history of over 80 odd places around the Omaha Metro area, most of which are free to visit.

If you love history, and Omaha's history in particular, then a book titled Secret Omaha: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure can't help but grab your attention.  Fortunately for all of us, historian and author Ryan Roenfeld has written that

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Shrunken heads. A nudist resort. George McFly’s footprints. If spring is enticing you outdoors for warm-weather adventures just this side of the strange and unusual, look no further than your own backyard.

Shrunken heads. A nudist resort. George McFly’s footprints. If spring is enticing you outdoors for warm-weather adventures just this side of the strange and unusual, look no further than your own backyard.

Shrunken heads. A nudist resort. George McFly’s footprints. If spring is enticing you outdoors for warm-weather adventures just this side of the strange and unusual, look no further than your own backyard.

Shrunken heads. A nudist resort. George McFly’s footprints. If spring is enticing you outdoors for warm-weather adventures just this side of the strange and unusual, look no further than your own backyard.

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Weight 0.8 lbs
Dimensions 5.5 × 8.5 in

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