Sliced Bread and Next Book Announcement
Believe it or not, one of the staples of our everyday lives was invented and first sold right here in our area. Sliced bread was
Fifty miles south of Kansas City lies a rural community whose history makes it different than any other in the United States. The residents of this small Missouri hamlet were once ruled by a king.
The Kingdom of Amarugia: The True Story of Missouri’s Country Kings, tells the strange story of a monarchy beginning with the early white settlers of western Missouri in the mid-1800s. The book chronicles the origin of the kingdom, the lineage of the kings, and what life may have been like for its subjects during its existence into the early 1900s.
Believe it or not, one of the staples of our everyday lives was invented and first sold right here in our area. Sliced bread was
McClure Flats was called the Kansas City Ghetto and was located just south of the Old KC Star building and stretched all the way to
This month I’m going to go in a bit of a different direction, but I’ve always said that I would write about what was interesting
March 3; Time: 5:30 pm: I will be speaking at the Drexel Community Library in Drexel. Topic will be my new book “The Kingdom of Amarugia.
April 9, 2025, Time: 6:30 pm: I will be speaking to Civil War Round Table of the Ozarks at the Springfield Library. Topic will be Quantrill’s Raid of Olathe.
Stay tuned for more events coming soon! If you would like me to speak to your group, about any of the topics covered in my books or about the self-publishing process, contact me at admin@jonathanjonesauthor.com.