Uniquely Omaha: 101 Things to Know about the Big O

Uniquely Omaha: 101 Things to Know about the Big O by Mike Kelly ($29.95 list price, Omaha World-Herald, 2015).  No place else is exactly like Omaha, a metropolitan area that’s cosmopolitan — soon to be 1 million people — and yet small enough that neighborhoods actually produce neighbors, most of whom care very much about each other. World-Herald columnist Michael Kelly weaves stories, facts, history and oddities into a paint-by-number — 101 — portrait of the city he knows so well. Celebrities and celebrations, inventions and innovations, artistry and attractions — add it all up, and it’s Uniquely Omaha.