Local History

Explore the tapestry of heartland history that wove the city we love today. From sports to beer, sports to barbeque, cookbooks, deep dives, coffee table books and everything in-between, our collection of Kansas City history books covers it all.

100 Things Chiefs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

$16.95

100 Things to Do in Kansas City Before You Die

$18

A Dynasty Begins: The Kansas City Chiefs' 2022 Championship Season

$16.95

A Passion For Purpose: Building Cities for Our Children by Sly James

$26

Abandoned Kansas City Volume II: Forgotten Brought to Light

$23.99

Black Baseball in Kansas City

$21.99

Celebrating Kansas Breweries: People, Places, & Stories, Signed Copy

$23.99

From the Guys Who Were There: The Kansas City Royals

$18.95

Kansas City 1940: A Watershed Year

$21.99

Kansas City and How It Grew, 1822 - 2011

$60

Kansas City's Historic Hyde Park

$21.99

Kansas City's Parks and Boulevards

$21.99

Kansas City: A Food Biography

$38

Notorious Missouri: 200 Years of Historic Crimes

$21.99

Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice

$21.99

Secret Kansas City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

$22.50

Small Ball Big Results by Joel Goldberg

$20

Step Up to the Plate, Kansas City!: A Feast of Local Legends and Legacies

$39.95

Storied and Scandalous Kansas City by Karla Deel

$19.95

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The Unhappiest One: Finding Joy in my Journey to Purpose

$12 $17.99

Unique Eats and Eateries of Kansas City

$27

West Side Kansas City by William J. Craig

$23.99