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The Walt Bodine Show - 4/8/2010 Kansas City History Series: The Man Behind the Harvey Houses | ||||||||||||||
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Rail lines were once dotted with Harvey House restaurants at train stations from Kansas City to all points West. In another installment of our Kansas City history series, KCUR’s Maria Carter talks with the author of a new book detailing the life of Fred Harvey and his restaurant empire. We’re also joined by our regular guest, local historian Monroe Dodd, for this conversation on a Union Station landmark and the man behind it. Stephen Fried, author, Appetite for America: How Visionary Businessman Fred Harvey Built a Railroad Hospitality Empire That Civilized the Wild West Monroe Dodd, local historian
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