This episode features a conversation with Alex Primm about his new book, “Ozark Voices: Oral Histories from the Heartland,” and his 40+ year career alongside the rivers, gravel bars, forests, and people of the Missouri Ozarks.
About the Guest: Alex Primm has been a freelance oral historian since the 1980s. He has worked on projects in the Ozarks for the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, and the United States Army. His book, “Ozark Voices: Oral Histories from the Heartland,” was published by McFarland.
Episode 66: “Ozark Voices” – Alex Primm (Water & Waterways, Part 6)
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)
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