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.
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Episode 44: Understanding Civil War Missouri – Louis Gerteis (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 4)
Episode 43: "Gateway to Equality" – Keona Ervin (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 3)
Episode 42: "Across Our Wide Missouri" - Bob Priddy (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 2)
Episode 41: Labor & Fortune on the Missouri Border – Jarod Roll (Bicentennial Book Club, Part 1)
Episode 40: William Monks & "A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas" – John Bradbury (Border Wars, Part 7)
Episode 39: "Slavery on the Periphery" – Kristen Epps (Border Wars, Part 6)
Episode 38: The Border War of 1960-61 (Border Wars, Part 5)
Episode 37: "Bushwhackers" – Joseph M. Beilein Jr. (Border Wars, Part 4)
Episode 36: Joseph Smith, Lilburn Boggs, & the "Kingdom of Nauvoo" - Benjamin E. Park (Border Wars, Part 3)
Episode 35: "The Border between Them" - Jeremy Neely (Border Wars, Part 2)
Episode 34: "Commonwealth of Compromise" - Amy Laurel Fluker (Border Wars, Part 1)
Summer Series 2020: Voda Curtis: Suffrage & Civil Rights - Keely Doll (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 4)
Summer Series 2020: Carrie Lee Carter Stokes & The WCTU - Janet Olson (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 3)
Summer Series 2020: The Clark Family - Ethan Colbert (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 2)
Summer Series 2020: Alma Nash & the Maryville Milieu – Elyssa Ford (Show-Me Suffragists, Part 1)
Episode 33: Life, Death, & Coroner's Inquests – Sarah Lirley McCune (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 9)
Episode 32: "Baseball in St. Louis" – Ed Wheatley (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 8)
Episode 31: "Groping Toward Democracy" – Priscilla Dowden-White (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 7)
Episode 30: "Gateway To Equality" – Keona Ervin (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 6)
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