Since its earliest days, Missouri has been defined by its rivers. While the Mississippi River gets most of the attention thanks to the literary works of authors like Mark Twain, the Missouri River is actually the longer of the two waterways and travels through more counties in the state than its counterpart. This episode features a conversation with Amahia Mallea about her new book, A River in the City of Fountains, and the complex history of the great river known as the "Big Muddy."
About the Guest: Amahia Mallea is an associate professor of history at Drake University. She holds a PhD in history from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her recent book, A River in the City of Fountains: An Environmental History of Kansas City and the Missouri River, was published by the University Press of Kansas in 2018.
Episode 65: “A River in the City of Fountains” – Amahia Mallea (Water & Waterways, Part 5)
Episode 64: Imagining the Mississippi River – Thomas Ruys Smith (Water & Waterways, Part 4)
Episode 63: Farmhouses – Susan Sundermeyer (Water & Waterways, Part 3)
Episode 62: Living Waters/Healing Waters – Loring Bullard (Water & Waterways, Part 2)
Episode 61: Life and Work on the Mississippi – Bonnie Stepenoff (Water & Waterways, Part 1)
Episode 60: Plattdeutsch, Hochdeutsch, & the Germans in Missouri – Walter Kamphoefner (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 20)
Episode 59: ”Gender & the Jubilee” – Sharon Romeo (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 19)
Episode 58: The Civil War on the American Middle Border – Christopher Phillips (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 18)
Episode 57: ”Lorenzo Greene and Lincoln University” – Antonio F. Holland & Gary R. Kremer (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 17)
Episode 56: ”A History of Missouri” – William Parrish (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 16)
Episode 55: ”The Genesis of Missouri” – William Foley (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 15)
Episode 54: ”Missouri‘s Black Heritage” – Antonio F. Holland & Gary R. Kremer (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 14)
Episode 53: ”On Slavery‘s Border” – Diane Mutti Burke (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 13)
Episode 52: "German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era" – Alison Clark Efford (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 12)
Episode 51: "Bridging Two Eras" – Virginia Laas (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 11)
Episode 50: "Mr. Missouri" (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 10)
Episode 49: "Prairie Fires" – Caroline Fraser (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 9)
Episode 48: "Celia, A Slave" – Melton McLaurin (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 8)
Episode 47: "American Confluence" – Stephen Aron (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 7)
Episode 46: Louis Houck and "the Histories" – Joel P. Rhodes (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 6)
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