Episode 96: Ozark Voices - Alex Primm (On the Bookshelf, Part 6

Season 5 (2022-2023)

Episode Description

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.

Episode Image: Agent Tom Wright at the Lake of the Ozarks, 1953 [Missouri Ruralist Photographs (P0030), SHSMO]

Banner Image: Group gathered for a picnic at the Lake of the Ozarks, 1940 [Bernard Dickmann Photograph Collection (S0555), SHSMO]

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.