Episode 27: "The Gateway Arch" – Tracy Campbell (Meet Me in St. Louis, Part 3)

Season 2 (2019-2020)

Episode Description

To help prepare for this year's Missouri Conference on History, the Our Missouri Podcast invites listeners to "meet us" in St. Louis for a multi-part series focusing on several projects and institutions that document the city's history and cultural identity. This episode features Tracy Campbell discussing his book, The Gateway Arch: A Biography, published by Yale University Press in 2013.

About the Guest

Tracy Campbell holds a Ph.D. in history from Duke University. Presently, he serves as the E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor of American History at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several books, including The Gateway Arch: A Biography.

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