Most folks consider Omaha, Nebraska a quiet, laid-back city in America's heartland. It wasn't always that way. In the nineteenth century, the town had a different sort of reputation. Somehow, in spite of itself, Omaha grew from a speculative scheme in 1854 to a booming city by the turn of the century. Along the way, there were scores of great stories, many of which Bristow includes in A Dirty, Wicked Town.