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7 days ago
7 days ago
Continuing the 2025 Summer Series, we return to an earlier episode featuring Joel P. Rhodes, newly named executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri, discussing his book, A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck.
Episode Image: Academic Hall, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, ca. 1908. [Missouri Postcard Collection (P0032), SHSMO]
About the Guest: Joel P. Rhodes holds a PhD in History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He served as an associate dean and professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Southeast Missouri State University. In 2025, he was named the new executive director of the State Historical Society of Missouri. He is the author of The Sixties in the Lives of American Children: Growing Up in a Land Called Honalee, The Voice of Violence: Performative Violence as Protest in the Vietnam Era, and A Missouri Railroad Pioneer: The Life of Louis Houck.
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